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DRC has one of the fastest growing populations in the world – why this isn't good news

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's estimated that by 2050, the DRC will have 215 million people and join the world's 10 most populated countries. This isn't so ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Sixty-six years on: The promise of DRC independence remains unfulfilled

The DRC’s independence anniversary renews debate over progress, security and state capacity.
Africanews on MSN

Ebola treatment facilities in DRC race to adapt to growing patient needs

In response to the spread of the Ebola epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...
International Rescue Committee

DRC: Women and children most at risk following recent escalation of violence, warns IRC

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2023 — The most recent escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in a significant increase in the number of ...

DRC has taken Rwanda to the World Court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what’s different this time

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) filed a lawsuit against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice at the end of June 2026. The 60-page complaint alleges acts of genocide and other atrocity ...
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DRC and Rwanda to strike Trump-brokered peace deal: All to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to sign a United States-mediated peace deal on Friday following ...
The Conversation

DRC: fighting with rebels in the country’s east has intensified, sparking fears of a wider war

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been battling the M23 rebel group in the east of the country since 2012. However, there has been a major upsurge in fighting so far ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

DRC is seeing its worst mpox outbreak — but has no vaccines or treatments yet. Why?

With nearly 5,000 cases reported so far this year — and concerns about a new strain — the Democratic Republic of Congo is considering the... In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fight against mpox ...
Jurist

DRC urged to implement human rights priorities in Amnesty International report

Human rights organization Amnesty International issued a note of recommendation Monday urging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to implement human rights pledges made by President Felix ...
Crux

DRC bishops’ president denounces ‘sell-off’ of country as government defends pact with US

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.) Listen Relations between the Congolese government ...
Oxfam America

Cholera and Mpox cases increasing dangerously in DRC as aid cuts push health systems to near-collapse

Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February, ...
The Africa Report

DRC: What Kabila gets right about the country’s ‘Sudanisation’

To view the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the lens of its post-Cold War history is to rely on a false premise. The constraints that once shaped the Mobutu Sese Seko regime (1965-1997) and ...