Democratic Republic of Congo

Overcrowding, lack of food, disease ... In September alone, 14 inmates died in the main prison in Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Images of inmates crammed into tents and photos of bodies…

Twenty-seven people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping passengers who had the misfortune of getting into their fake taxis. But despite this mass sentencing, which took place…

Issued on: 03/04/2023 - 16:06 One by one, the men pop out of a small hole in the earth to the cheers of dozens of fellow miners. Ten artisanal miners were rescued on…

Issued on: 27/03/2023 - 17:25 Police turn on their heels and run, pursued by a stone-throwing mob. That’s the tense scene captured in a video that has been circulating…

Did someone really discover rocks capable of generating electricity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)? That’s what some people have been claiming after seeing two videos that have been circulating on…

Issued on: 31/01/2023 - 14:57 Pope Francis is expected in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, from January 31 to February 3. But a platform stage where…

Issued on: 11/11/2022 - 17:22 The sudden resurgence and advance of the M23 rebel group have spread panic amongst the people of North Kivu, a province in the eastern part of…

Issued on: 10/11/2022 - 15:35Modified: 10/11/2022 - 15:37 Hundreds of young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are flocking to army recruiting centres and signing…

Issued on: 29/08/2022 - 17:17 In July, violence flared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as a rebel group known as M23 began again clashing with the Congolese army. The…

Issued on: 09/06/2022 - 19:26Modified: 13/06/2022 - 13:51 Since the Russian invasion began, many foreign volunteers have gone to fight in Ukraine in response to a call from…