A notorious militia in eastern DR Congo executed 17 people Sunday it took hostage the previous day, local sources said. The CODECO insurgents killed at least 17 people captured in the Djugu territory, around 45 kilometers (30 miles) north of…
Bomb kills 10 at DR Congo church, Islamists suspected
A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others after ripping through a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an attack blamed on suspected Islamists. Details of the attack are hazy, but Congolese military spokesman…
Kenya deploys hundreds of troops to regional force in eastern DRC
Kenyan President William Ruto says his country is sending more than 900 military personnel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to join a new regional force tasked with trying to calm deadly tensions fuelled by armed groups. Ruto…
23k people fled DRC amid violence in north east – UN
Some 23,000 people have fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since renewed fighting between government troops and rebel militia in the north east of the country. The United Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on…
DR Congo measles: More than 6,000 dead in world’s worst outbreak (BBC)
The number of people killed by a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 6,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The WHO says the epidemic is the world’s largest and fastest moving. Around 310,000 suspected…
Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says (BBC)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections. The WHO said it had learned of one suspected fatal case in Dar es Salaam and two others but, despite repeated requests,…
*Five injured as rampaging cultists attack Lagos residents (Nation) * Sex toy shop assault: Why victim shunned Senate (Punch)
Five injured as rampaging cultists attack Lagos residents (Nation) No fewer than five persons have sustained varying injuries after suspected cultists let loose at Idiroko and Owutu areas of Ikorodu. The hoodlums identified as Lion Base Boys of Dagbolu Street…
DR Congo copper and cobalt miners killed in Kolwezi (BBC)
At least 36 people have been killed after a copper and cobalt mine collapsed in Lualaba province in south-east DR Congo, authorities say. The provincial governor Richard Muyej blamed the accident on what he called “clandestine artisanal diggers”. Unofficial mining…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda dies of virus (BBC)
A five-year-old boy in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials said. The death is is the first in Uganda, amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials said that his grandmother and younger brother also have…
Gorillas pose for selfie with DR Congo anti-poaching unit (BBC)
Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies. The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, DR Congo, where the animals were raised after poachers killed…