Mountain gorilla population recovering
afrol News, 8 December - A new mountain gorilla census in Rwanda and Congo Kinshasa (DRC) shows a 26 percent increase in population of this endangered species during seven years. Mountain gorillas are among the region's main tourist attractions.
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DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
afrol News, 18 November - The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Congo Kinshasa discusses criminalising gays
afrol News, 29 October - The Kinshasa parliament is in the process of discussing legislation that will prohibit homosexuality, or "unnatural sexual practices." But the debate climate in Congo is much calmer than in neighbouring Uganda.
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Trial against Congolese ex-VP confirmed
afrol News, 19 October - The International Criminal Court (ICC) today confirmed it would take on the trial against the former Vice-President of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) for war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic.
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Wanted Congo warlord "walks freely in Goma"
afrol News, 13 October - Suspected war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, wanted internationally since 2006, is "walking freely" in the eastern Congolese (DRC) town of Goma, which is controlled by UN peacekeepers and government troops.
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Congo rapes suspected Rwandan rebel arrested
afrol News, 11 October - Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, wanted internationally for war crimes and mass rapes in eastern Congo Kinshasa (DRC), was arrested in France today. He will be among the first to stand trial on these crimes in the DRC.
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Cousin of smallpox virus spreading in DR Congo
afrol News, 24 September - The deadly smallpox virus was eradicated worldwide in 1979, and the year after, vaccination stopped. But the vaccine had also protected against the dangerous "monkeypox" virus, and now a new generation in DR Congo is increasingly exposed to the disease.
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US$ 12 bn debt relief for DR Congo
afrol News, 2 July - The Kinshasa government today was told it was ready to receive a massive debt cancellation of up to US$ 12.3 billion. The IMF decision was however controversial, with several countries protesting.
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Central African bushmeat hits European market
afrol News, 1 July - More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through the Paris airport alone. Most bushmeat comes from Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Congo Kinshasa (DRC).
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Congo gorilla babies prepared for new airlift
afrol News, 4 June - UN Peacekeepers in DR Congo are planning a new gorilla rescue airlift next month, which will take six babies seized from poachers to a sanctuary in North Kivu. The airlift sparks calls for stronger control in Congo Basin forests.
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Ugandan rebels increase terror in neighbour countries
afrol News, 14 May - There is now "a dramatic rise in the frequency and brutality of attacks" by the Ugandan armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. Uganda is asking neighbours to be allowed to take action.
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UN plans troop pullout from DRC
afrol News, 13 April - The UN peacekeeping mission MONUC has announced it will start pulling out from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) already in July. The UN pullout comes after a request from the Kinshasa government.
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LRA now also in Central African Republic
afrol News, 31 March - The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), one of Africa's most brutal rebel groups, now have attacked civilians in a fourth country, the Central African Republic. The looting and massacring rebels are becoming a regional threat to security and stability.
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Inquiry launched into DRC massacre
afrol News, 30 March - The Kinshasa government has confirmed and condemned earlier reported massacres of civilians by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on UN troops to arrest the LRA. The UN confirms it has launched an inquiry into the massacre.
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DRC looking east for development ease
afrol News, 29 March - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is looking to Asia for spontaneous development partnerships, while at the same time struggling to meet deadlines and conditions from Western donors to be considered for debt relief under the HIPC (Highly Indebted Poor Countries) status programme.
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Guinea pigs to help ease DRC food crisis - scientists
afrol News, 10 March - Scientists are examining how to increase guinea pig production to boost food security in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where inhabitants keep the rodents as "micro-livestock". The researchers were originally puzzled to find guinea pigs in the DRC at all.
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» 05.03.2010 - Fears of UN withdrawal from DR Congo
» 02.03.2010 - Rights groups call for suspension of Lieutenant
» 25.02.2010 - Paris Club cuts DRC’s debt by half
» 15.02.2010 - Children still recruited into DRC’s war ranks
» 02.02.2010 - Scores slaughtered by rebels in DRC
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 12.01.2010 - DRC refugees a problem to neighbours
» 06.01.2010 - Kabila kicks out corrupt civil servants
» 04.01.2010 - DRC population still unharmed by volcano
» 16.12.2009 - DRC conservation initiative receives international recognition
» 14.12.2009 - Security Council should intervene – HRW says
» 08.12.2009 - Arms and minerals’ smuggling still rife in DRC, report
» 03.12.2009 - Congo upholds Norwegians death sentences
» 02.12.2009 - Bemba to remain in prison
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