KINSHASA- DR Congo's spending auditor has pointed to massive public payroll fraud, with tens of thousands of apparently fictitious employees costing the country an estimated $794 million a year. In a statement dated Thursday, the Inspection Generale des Finances (IGF), the official spending...
KINSHASA, DR Congo -- Pope Francis on Thursday urged tens of thousands of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to work towards a better future and shun corruption in the deeply Catholic country, which is plagued by violence in its east. Pope Francis (C), seated on a wheelchair, waives...
KINSHASA, DR Congo -- Pope Francis slammed "brutal atrocities" committed in eastern DR Congo after hearing harrowing accounts of violence from the turbulent region during the second day of his visit to the conflict-torn country Wednesday. At the Apostolic Nunciature in the Kinshasa, the Holy See's...
KINSHASA, DR Congo -- Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, denouncing "economic colonialism" that he said had plundered the resources of the mineral-rich and conflict-torn nation. Pope Francis delivers a speech in the garden of the Palace of the Nation during the...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus in the northeastern North Kivu Province, the health ministry said in a statement. File photo taken on March 21, 2021 shows a medical worker vaccinating a local...
BENI, Dr Congo -- UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was "outraged" after two people were killed and several others injured when UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the Uganda border on Sunday. UN Photo / Marie Frechon via UN Peacekeeping...
BUNIA, DR Congo -- At least 20 people have been killed in a new massacre in DR Congo's eastern province of Ituri, a respected monitor said on Monday, adding that the notorious ADF militia were suspected. The attack took place overnight in the village of Bwanasura in Irumu territory, the Kivu...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is "little to no risk" that the virus that causes an illness called Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) can enter the country at this point in time. “The DOH sees little to no risk of the virus entering Philippine borders,” the state health...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of the confirmed cases to three since the 14th Ebola outbreak was declared in the country in late April, the World Health...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- A positive case of Ebola virus disease has been reported in Wangata Health Zone of the Equateur province, located in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirmed Saturday DRC's Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani. In December 2021,...
Kinshasa, DR Congo Experts are trying to figure out why COVID seems relatively absent in Kinshasa, the bustling, chaotic and overcrowded capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But for many inhabitants, the city has been spared either through a miracle or -- in their view -- the disease was...
