Democratic Republic of the Congo News

A startling revelation has been made in Parliament - some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are former trainees of the SANDF.

Close to 100 pilgrims have set off from Kabale on foot for a 420km journey to the Uganda Martyrs' Shrine in Namugongo ahead of the Martyrs' Day celebrations scheduled for June 3. The 94 pilgrims, comprising 60 men and 34 women from Kisoro and Kabale districts, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, were flagged off at Rushoroza Cathedral by ... (more)

In this November 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in eastern Congo.

Sibongile Mngoma performs at the announcement of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz line-up in Sandton yesterday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are greeted on arrival in Kinshasa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This week, we're exploring how lessons learned from U.S. intervention and non-intervention in foreign conflicts can inform policy decisions toward Syria today.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 22 - The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday it was concerned about the latest outbreak of heavy fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and urged all parties to ensure the safety of civilians.

Work on the world's largest hydropower plant is expected to start in October, 2015 following commitments from the World Bank and other development agencies to finance its construction.

After spending some time working with various language communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am now working in the Belfast office, engaging with churches, groups and individuals, to promote the work of Bible translation from home.

A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group.

Witnessing life in Goma, a city that's been invaded, ransacked, inundated with refugees, and flattened by a volcano -- all in the last 17 years.

Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades.

Lawmakers expressed what appeared to be heartfelt concern Tuesday over an obscure provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, the major financial reform bill President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, and how it has affected the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

M23 rebel recruits attend military lessons in the Rumangabo military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2013.

The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday.

Climate change is hitting the Congo Basin region hard and while communities there and in other parts of Africa struggle to adapt to rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, scientists are trying to help - using radio to spread the word.

This is my book from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the Read The World challenge .

Coco Ramazani's life is the subject of the book "Tell This to My Mother." The Manchester woman, who escaped from a military camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has AIDS and wants to get her story out before she dies.

South Africa based Vodacom has announced that its full year revenues rose by 4.5 percent to reach R59.34 billion , mainly driven by growth in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique.

Congo's army used combat helicopters to bombard rebel fighters on Monday near the city of Goma in the first clashes in nearly six months, days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to visit the troubled eastern borderlands.