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Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa to the role. An economist, she takes over as prime minister from Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, following Tshisekedi’s sweeping re-election as...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court on January 9 confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi's landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the poor but mineral-rich massive central African country. DR Congo held a presidential, legislative, regional, and local election...

The Rwandan government on January 11 said Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye in late December accused Rwanda of hosting and training the Red Tabara...

Congo's election commission said it has cancelled votes cast for 82 of the 101,000 legislative candidates in the disputed December general election over alleged fraud and other issues, amid fresh opposition calls for a re-run of the vote. Those disqualified include contenders for national...

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham.” Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's democracy has been backsliding ahead of elections this month, according to rights defenders, as prominent journalists languish in prison and the murder of an opposition politician remains unsolved. President Felix Tshisekedi came to power in 2019 after a campaign...

Tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top UN official in the DRC warned the Security Council on Monday. Special Representative Bintou Keita’s warning came shortly before the...

The United Nations humanitarian agency—the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs—says it is working with other humanitarian agencies to help mitigate and respond to increasing incidents of gender-based violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

Conflict and escalating violence have uprooted a record 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly in the east of the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. Years of rebel conflict and recurrent natural disasters have helped fuel one of the...

Congo’s president—President Felix Tshisekedi—said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east and lift some restrictions imposed more than two years ago. He implemented the state of siege in 2021, allowing military and police to take control from civilian...