DR Congo

The Congolese student who chose to fight on the side of pro-Russia separatists

Fighting alongside pro-Russia separatists as part of Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine wasn’t mentioned in the brochures of Luhansk University when Jean Claude Sangwa, a 27-year-old student from the Democratic Republic of the…

Rebuilding DR Congo through boxing

After many years of war, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo had to rebuild their country and Balezi Bagunda in his own small way chose to do this with boxing. Setting up his small boxing training centre in Goma, a small town…

African Doctor finds cure for Ebola

Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, a medical practitioner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reportedly discovered a cure for Ebola. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum was part of the research team that investigated the first known outbreak of…

Abdula Libenge’s holiday camp dream for his child turns to be a ‘journey of no return’

Abdula Libenge, a 34-year-old tailor, who happens to be the father of one of four families who sent his child in May 2015 to Kinshasa, the capital of Dr. Congo on what he thought was a holiday camp but the child was taken to Belgium and…

DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda diagnosed with virus

A five-year-old boy in Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. This is the first case confirmed in the country amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. More…

Pierre Kompany’s long road from DRC camp to Belgium’s first black mayor

Vincent Kompany’s life is the stuff of little boys’ and girls’ dreams. Scorer of a dazzling goal of the season, captain of Manchester City’s all-conquering Premier League champions and on Saturday, the 32-year-old hopes to pick up the FA…

DR Congo Ebola deaths pass 1,000

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 1,000, the health ministry says. DRC's Ebola outbreak began in August and is the second deadliest in history. World Health Organization deputy…

‘No sex without fighting’ – tackling toxic masculinity in DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has some of highest rates of sexual violence in the world. But a new approach is trying to tackle this by encouraging men to confront and question their toxic masculinity. Moises Bagwiza is one of the men…