"We are treated as a distracted people, a people who don't know what they want."This was not spoken by a foreign analyst nor a cynical diplomat describing DR Congo from afar. It came from Basile ...

On 8 January 1996, a Russian-built Antonov aircraft crashed into a market in Kinshasha city centre, killing at least 237 people in one of the worst tragedies in African aviation history. Thirty years ...

Congolese independence hero Patrice Emery Lumumba shot to fame on June 30, 1960 with a blistering independence speech against ...

In September 1960, the very same month Ali won his Olympic gold in Rome, Joseph Mobutu staged a coup in the Congo and placed elected President Patrice Lumumba under house arrest. In November, Lumumba ...

From Southeast Asia to South America, the Middle East, and Africa, US interventions have consistently prioritised American interests in oil, lands and other resources, over democracy or human rights.

The M23 rebel group still controls Goma, a year after taking the main city in eastern Congo. Life has returned to normal, but ...

Algeria will take on DR Congo this Tuesday, January 6, 2025, at 16:00 GMT in the round of 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The Fennecs have already secured top spot in Group E after two wins over ...

From Iran to Iraq, Brazil to Vietnam, Washington has sought to topple leaders and regimes it thinks are acting against its interests ...

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Algeria are through to the AFCON 2025 quarter-finals after a last-gasp win against DR Congo. Sub Adil Boulbina’s stunning strike with one minute left of extra time sealed a dramatic late victory.

KINSHASA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will allow cobalt shipments under quotas set for the last three months of 2025 to take place until the end of March, the country's mining ...