DR Congo

On tonight's show: Some 250 Ukrainian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare to return home to confront Russian forces. In addition, Egypt prohibits exports of basic products such as wheat and flour in an effort to secure food reserves. The…

The famous Virunga National Park in DR Congo announced on Friday the birth of a mountain gorilla in this tourist region threatened by armed groups. The birth of a new male baby took place on the morning of August 22,…

This evening, 90 schoolchildren are released after 3 months of captivity in Nigeria; our correspondent in Lagos has the latest news. We take you to Goma where the community is still reeling from a devastating volcanic eruption 3 months ago, and the Nairobi neighborhood is turning green.…

Three months after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, life resumed in Goma. But experts say residents are yet to come out of the woods and the threat to the city remains. Fearing that one day this regional capital of the DR Congo will disappear under the lava, researchers, authorities and…

In tonight's show, Kenya's court of appeals rejects contested offer to amend the country's constitution, after multiple deadly attacks in recent weeks, we discuss the security situation in the Sahel region, and we meet the disabled musicians of DR Congo who are planning a return and trial.…

After erupting two months ago, DR Congo's volcano Nyiragongo has released large amounts of ash, raising concerns about the health of local people, experts said on Sunday. The volcano furthest east of the great central African country first erupted on May 22, claiming 32 lives and destroying hundreds of homes. "The ash is the result of the collapse of part of Nyirangongo's central crater," volcanologist Muhindo Syavulisembo said in a statement. However, Syavulisembo, who heads the Goma Volcano…

More than 50 people were killed in two separate attacks on villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during one of the worst violent nights the area has seen in at least four years, the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) research group said on Monday. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist armed group, for looting the village of Tchabi and a camp for displaced people near Boga, another village. Both are close to Uganda's border. Albert…

The Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, three months after the first case was reported in eastern Kivu province. The outbreak infected 12 people in northern Kivu and killed six of them. The outbreak was contained with the help of Merck's Ebola vaccine, which was given to more than 1,600 of the patients' contacts and contacts, says the help group Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The cases were genetically linked to the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic that killed more…

The Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, three months after the first case was reported in eastern Kivu province. The outbreak infected 12 people in northern Kivu and killed six of them. The outbreak was contained with the help of Merck's Ebola vaccine, which was given to more than 1,600 of the patients' contacts and contacts, says the help group Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The cases were genetically linked to the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic that killed more…

Protests continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, demanding the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the Central African nation, as police fired rounds of fire to disperse the protesters, the Beni provincial mayor said. Hundreds of young people have been protesting in several cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Monday, angry that the UN mission, known as MONUSCO, has failed to prevent a wave of civilian killings by armed groups. So far this year, about 330 people…