DRC

Elon Musk is yet to prove that Tesla's cobalt suppliers weren't using child or forced labour at mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

While the media is dominated by the catastrophic Israel-Gaza conflict, almost seven million people are internally displaced and an estimated 1,000 women and girls are raped each day in the DR Congo.

Congo peat swamps store three years of global carbon emissions – imminent oil drilling could release it

Belgium returns Lumumba tooth to family

Belgian king decorates last Congolese WWII vet

A four-star hotel is facing criminal charges for having smoked baby chimpanzee on their à la carte menu, which the owner claims to be a printing error.

U.N. Congo mission spokeswoman Florence Marchal said at least 82 people have been arrested across the country in connection with Sunday's protests.

The men were also convicted of murder, membership in a rebel movement and illegal weapons possession.

Around the world, more than half of the people displaced by conflict are children, and over 245 million children live in conflict zones.

A woman was forced commit public incest and beheaded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after she served a "forbidden fish" to armed rebels, who then drank her blood.

New initiative to raise funds for rehabilitation centres in three African countries.

"Jacob Zuma cannot welcome an illegitimate president," says protest leader Esaie-Prince Mpinda.

For followers of central Africa's Kimbanguist church, yesterday (25 May) was Christmas Day.

ICC prosecutor warned that acts of violence in Kasai could constitute "war crimes".

Deutsche Welle spokesman Christoph Jumpelt described the claims as "outrageous and baseless".

NYT says UN expert murdered in Kasai, Zaida Catalan, had collected the audio evidence on her laptop.

Three died in the outbreak in an isolated area and families are fleeing.

Three died in the outbreak in an isolated area where transport and communication networks are limited.

Mass evasions come amid a surge in violence across a third of the Congolese territory.

Commentators accuse the government of framing Kamuina Nsapu militia group for the murders.

Operations follow Makala jail break where BDK cult leader escaped and ''hundreds'' died.

Initiative hoping to enable 1,000 women living one of the toughest places on earth to train as nurses.

Prisoner exclusively tells IBTimes UK about mass escape from Makala maximum security prison in Kinshasa.

124 troops also killed in DRC government's military operations to quash the militiamen in Kasai.

Tony Gambino speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK about risks posed during Monusco protection shake-up.

The outbreak area is an isolated area where transport and communication networks are limited.

Watchdog Enough Project tells IBTimes UK the US and EU need to act fast to avoid war.

The last outbreak of Ebola in the DRC was in 2014, when dozens of people died.

Protection from Monusco contingent 'has been withdrawn' as gynaecologist's life is threatened.

IBTimes UK deciphers the causes of the present round of violence in Congo's new flashpoint.