DR Congo

Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday during a fact-finding mission to the country’s troubled east, a senior diplomat told AFP. The envoy, Luca Attanasio, “died of his wounds” after a convoy…

At least 60 people have drowned after a barge capsized and sank on the Congo River. Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the figure could be more. Three-hundred people have been rescued but possibly 200 others…

The UK has banned all arrivals from Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo from Friday to stop the spread of the South Africa variant of Covid-19, Grant Shapps, the transport minister, says. "All passengers from these…

At least 21 people have been killed in a massacre suspected to have been committed by militants from the Islamist ADF group in conflict-wracked northeast DR Congo, a local official said Saturday. The ADF fighters first attacked…