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At least 28 people are killed after a boat capsizes on the Congo River in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2023-10-22

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announce that a 3-year-old boy who died last Wednesday in Beni tested positive for Ebola. The health minister could not confirm if this was related to the Kivu Ebola outbreak which ended in 2020 and killed more than 2,200 people, but said that they were closely monitoring 100 people who may have been exposed to the virus and that three boys, all of whom were neighbors of the toddler, were already showing symptoms of the disease.
2021-10-8

The Democratic Republic of the Congo enacts a "state of siege" over the provinces of Kivu and Ituri for 30 days. During this time, both provinces will be placed under military rule. The provincial governments and entities of these provinces will either be replaced by offices of the FARDC or by the national police. Civil jurisdictions will also be replaced by military jurisdictions.
2021-05-6

A landslide in a village along Lake Albert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo leaves at least 60 dead.
2017-08-16

The party of Democratic Republic of the Congo politician Étienne Tshisekedi says he has been placed under house arrest in Kinshasa since he claimed to have won the presidential election earlier this year.
2011-12-30

Human Rights Watch alleges that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been responsible for the deaths of 24 people since the re-election of Joseph Kabila as President.
2011-12-22

Democratic Republic of the Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi's party calls for mass protests amid disputed elections.
2011-12-14

International monitors say that elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lacked credibility.
2011-12-11

At least six people are killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the aftermath of disputed general elections in which Joseph Kabila was named President.
2011-12-10

Security is increased in the Congolese capital Kinshasa prior to the announcement of results from presidential and parliamentary elections.
2011-12-8