Democratic Republic of Congo

A rubbish dump may seem an odd place to seek inspiration, but not for band Fulu Muziki.

On this edition of Inspire Africa, Jerry Bambi explores erotic funerary art amongst the Sakalava people in Madagascar, and heads to Addis Ababa where a paper recycling plant is offering returnee migra

The World Health Organization (WHO) determined for the third time that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is not a "public health emergency of international concern".

The World Health Organization is set to decide whether or not to declare Ebola a public health emergency Friday after a 5-year-old died in Uganda.

Doctor Miracle's reputation spreads well beyond his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war - a surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his extraordinary work.

Martin Fayulu has called for protests after the Congolese constitutional court rejected a challenge to the election results.

Election officials in DR Congo say the preliminary results have been delayed because they have received less than half of the ballot papers

The Election Commission in the DR of Congo has accused the Catholic Church of preparing people for insurrection

DRC President Joseph Kabila, in power since his father’s assassination in 2001, is due to step down after the vote in the first democratic transition for a country plagued by authoritarian rule, coups and civil wars since independence from Belgium in 1960

Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are starting to return to school following a regional Ebola outbreak, that has killed over 70 people so far.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, just days after a recent emergence of the disease was declared over.

Left Field looks at the horrors of conflict in one of the world's most violent countries.

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa shot dead an anti-government protester and wounded two others during church-led demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila on Sunday.

Thousands of people have been killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai region since 2016, according to UN estimates.

The UN Secretary-General labels a deadly attack on peacekeeping forces in the DRC a 'war crime' and calls for justice.

More than a dozen United Nations mission staff have been released by South Sudanese refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

How the EU is helping one world's most complex humanitarian crises

Democratic Republic of Congo’s main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, has died in Brussels, where he where he was visiting for health checks.

Democratic Republic of the Congo's leader Joseph Kabila has agreed to step down and nominate an opposition PM in deal brokered by Catholic church.

There are nearly two million displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country devastated by over 20 years of war.