The key to saving potato cultivation amid climate disruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

CAPSA Luotu seed potato repository. Image by GreenAfia GreenAfia first published this article on September 10, 2025. Global Voices republished the article as part of a media partnership agreement. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...

IAEA and OPEC Fund Conduct Technical Visit to Expand Cancer Services in the DRC

The IAEA and the OPEC Fund for International Development completed a joint technical mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week to review an investment plan to support the establishment of the country’s first radiotherapy...

Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment, says WHO

An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks is starting to be contained, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with no new cases reported since the U.N. health agency's last update on Oct. 1. “As of Oct. 5, 2025, 10...

flyCAA Bets on Converted Airbus A321 to Boost Congo’s Air Freight Capacity

Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation (flyCAA), a Kinshasa-based carrier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has taken delivery of Africa’s first Airbus A321P2F (Passenger-to-Freighter) aircraft. The aircraft, a 1998-built Airbus A321...

Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment with no new cases, WHO reports

DAKAR – An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks is starting to be contained, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with no new cases reported since the U.N. health agency's last update on Oct. 1. “As of Oct. 5,...

Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons

Olukemi Ibikunle took a deep breath. The job fit her to a T but would take her far from her family in Lagos, Nigeria. Then the 38-year-old project manager did what any meticulous planner would: she called home. “I spoke to my husband, and he said,...

Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga ‘at peace’ despite free-agency saga

SAN FRANCISCO – Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga danced to the Afrobeats song “Petite Genie” as it blared in the training facility at Chase Center on Sunday, about 40 minutes after the team’s preseason opener against the Los Angeles...

Exporters breaching DRC cobalt quotas face permanent ban, warns Tshisekedi

Exporters who violate a new quota system on cobalt will be permanently banned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi has warned. The DRC is the world’s top producer of the metal, which is critical to the manufacture...

In DR Congo, M23 militia takes root as diplomacy stalls

While a peace deal is proving slow to take effect on the ground, the M23 armed group is consolidating its political and economic hold on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It has begun recruiting officials and imposing taxes, as well...

M23 Militia Strengthen Political & Economic Control Over Mineral Rich DR Congo As Diplomacy Stalls

Although a peace agreement is struggling to take hold on the ground, the M23 armed group is strengthening its political and economic control over eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group is actively appointing officials, collecting...

AfDB boosts project management in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) has concluded a four-day workshop in Kinshasa to strengthen project management and improve the performance of Bank-financed operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Organised...

Congo pushes back against U.S. pressure on critical minerals {Business Africa}

The Democratic Republic of Congo holds the world’s largest reserves of cobalt, a mineral vital for electric vehicle batteries and clean energy technologies. But Kinshasa is sending a clear message: it will no longer be a passive supplier of raw...

8 months on, Goma airport remains closed amid DRC’s grinding conflict

GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | More than eight months after rebels seized Goma, the international airport of this urban hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains shuttered, a stark symbol of a grinding conflict that continues to...

Feature: Eight months on, Goma airport remains closed amid DR Congo's grinding conflict

GOMA, DR Congo, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- More than eight months after rebels seized Goma, the international airport of this urban hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains shuttered, a stark symbol of a grinding conflict that...

Congo will not ‘auction’ mineral resources to the US, says Congolese President

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2025: Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said last Monday that a US-mediated peace deal signed with Rwanda in June has not calmed fighting in eastern Congo, though he thanked President...

Sophie tackles jungle, turns seamstress and bags gorilla toy on DR Congo visit

The Duchess of Edinburgh tested her jungle survival skills, helped weave baskets and left with a cuddly gorilla toy during her visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Monday, after landing in Beni in conflict-hit eastern DRC, Sophie...

The National Institute of Biomedical Research and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics Respond to 16th Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo and MIAMI, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Minister of Health from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Kasai Province after samples...

Kenyan Meat Processor QMP expands into Gulf, DRC

Kenya’s Quality Meat Packers (QMP), a privately owned, fully integrated meat firm has taken a significant step into international markets with the launch of new processed Halal meat products in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the...

Congo’s Cobalt Reset: From Blanket Ban to Tight Quotas—What Changes for Prices, Producers, and OEMs

DAKAR, Sept. 27, 2025 — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), source of nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, will lift its eight-month export ban on October 16 and replace it with strict export quotas. The move marks a dramatic pivot...

DR Congo's Joseph Kabila, from president to death sentence

Ex-president Joseph Kabila was catapulted to power aged 29 and ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo for nearly two decades, but after two years in self-imposed exile and a surprise reappearance in the restive east this year he now faces the...