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The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announces that the mystery illness that has left at least 143 people dead in Kwango is actually a severe form of malaria. The World Health Organization says more malaria vaccines are being sent to its health centres in the region.
2024-12-17

The FARDC repel an attack by Mobondo militiamen on the village of Kinsele, Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 42 Mobondo militiamen, 9 FARDC soldiers, and a civilian are killed.
2024-07-13

A United Nations report formally accuses the Ugandan military of providing support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels.
2024-07-8

The World Health Organization reports the first sexual transmission case of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a Belgium resident who traveled there.
2023-11-23

Allied Democratic Forces militants kills 21 civilians in an attack on a village in the village of Lisasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. More people were kidnapped, a health centre was ransacked, while homes were set on fire and a Catholic church desecrated.
2020-10-31

The death toll from clashes between militias in the Rutshuru Territory of the North Kivu province, DR Congo, rises to 23 people. The renewed violence has been ongoing since February 25.
2018-02-28

The ferry MV Mutambala capsizes on Lake Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo leaving at least 26 dead.
2014-12-12

A new species of guenon monkey discovered in 2007 is now identified in Opala, DR Congo. Local inhabitants call it "lesula". The first specimen resembled the owl-faced monkey, but of unseen colour. More specimen have been located in a 6,500 square mile area. The species' genetic and anatomical distinctiveness (identification) has been determined in a study made the following three years. Its scientific name is "Cercopithecus lomamiensis". The publication already recommends it to the Red List of endangered species and proposes conservation measures for its Lomami and central Congo Basin habitat.
2012-09-12

United Nations peacekeepers are redeployed to the Congolese city of Goma to protect it from March 23 Movement rebels.
2012-07-11

South Korea announces it will take the case of the sinking of the "Cheonan" to the United Nations Security Council.
2010-05-23