Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one ...

The area that Kinshasa wants to develop has cumulative iron ore resources of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes grading more ...

Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group are seen in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jan. 17, 2026.

Long criticised as overcrowded and filthy, the city’s Zando marketplace has had an elegant and sustainable redesign ...

This article by Anicet Kimonyo was originally published by Peace News Network on October 29, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a media partnership agreement. Armed ...

Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am struck by the vibrant atmosphere around me. Children play happily in ...

In early April, extreme rainfall and flooding in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed at least 33 people. Such catastrophic rainfall events are predicted to ...

On 8 January 1996, a Russian-built Antonov aircraft crashed into a market in Kinshasha city centre, killing at least 237 people in one of the worst tragedies in African aviation history. Thirty years ...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) head coach Sebastian Desabre urged his players to show the extent of their experience and tactical development during Tuesday night's clash against Algeria in the ...

Two Kenya Airways employees, who work at the carrier’s airport office in Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested on 19 April by the Military Detection of Anti-Homeland Activities (DEMIAP) allegedly ...

Protesters took to the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday morning, January 28, to demand the withdrawal of M23 fighters and Rwandan armed forces from eastern Goma. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please ...