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The Democratic Republic of Congo has scrapped visa requirement for Kenyans travelling there. DR Congo’s Director General of Migration Roland Kashwantale Chihoza announced the move in a statement on Wednesday. It is a reciprocal move after Kenya said last month that it was waiving similar requirements from Congolese visiting the …

Congolese militia group, the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO), has killed at least 46 people, half of them children, in a new wave of terror in Djugu, Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The bloody attack occurred on Sunday night, according to local sources, who …

3-year-old Leona Serao is hoping to make history soon by becoming the first Black woman to fly solo around the world. She is all set to complete her three-month flight to 33 countries across four continents, starting from New York City in August. “With my flight around the world, I …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has commenced discussions with neighbouring Uganda for the possible use of the East African country’s planned crude oil pipeline to export petroleum, DRC’s hydrocarbons ministry said. Uganda is developing the $3.5bn 1,445km (898-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will start from oil fields …

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has returned to government former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba in a new reshuffle ahead of elections. The list of the new team was made public on Thursday night, and, like the old government, the new one has 57 ministers. In the sweeping changes, …

As the saying goes, “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”. What appears to be a major deformity of the skull is considered a symbol of great beauty and social standing in the society by the Mangbetu people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Found in the remotest parts …

Escalating fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced over 2,600 people, mostly children, women and elderly persons, to flee to Tanzania since the beginning of March. In a brief media meeting on Wednesday evening, Tanzania’s Western Zone’s Director of the Refugee Services Department in the Ministry of …

At least 36 people were killed during an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A local official and the head of a civil society group said on Thursday the assailants were believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a Ugandan …

Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have discovered mass graves containing the bodies of 49 civilians following a series of attacks blamed on a local armed group. Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for the United Nations, told reporters in New York on Wednesday that the graves had been uncovered …

The Rwandan government says the Democratic Republic of Congo has, again, violated Kigali’s airspace in an enduring run of accusations and counter-accusations between the two sides. Kigali claimed on Wednesday that a warplane from the DRC had violated Rwandan airspace, just over a month after another aircraft landed on the …