TEHRAN, December 03 - Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to a renegade former general in eastern DR Congo have killed at least 18 people, military sources say.
TEHRAN, November 25 - "The US Embassy in DR Congo is temporarily closed due to the threat of terrorist attack," a statement posted on its website on Saturday said.
TEHRAN, November 16 - Eight U.N. peacekeepers and at least 12 Congolese soldiers were killed in a joint military operation against rebels in Congo's northeast, which is facing a deadly Ebola outbreak, the U.N. Security Council said late Thursday.
TEHRAN, November 12 - Opposition parties in Congo say they are rallying behind one candidate in hopes it will improve his chances of winning next month's presidential election.
TEHRAN, November 11 -The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, November 11 -The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, November 10 -The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe in the country’s history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said late on Friday.
TEHRAN, October 07 - Dozens of people were killed and as many as 100 others suffered serious burns on Saturday after an oil tanker collided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west of DR Congo.
TEHRAN, October 06 -Around 50 people have been killed and another 100 suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a regional official says.
TEHRAN, October 06 -Around 50 people have been killed and another 100 suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a regional official says.
TEHRAN, October 04 - The international community is sounding new alarm after three Red Cross workers were attacked while trying to contain the latest deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Congo says it has decided to boycott two planned U.N. events focusing on the central African nation because it was not consulted on the agenda or expected outcome.
TEHRAN, September 26 - President Joseph Kabila of Congo is stressing that holding elections on Dec. 23 is "irreversible" and denouncing any interference in the electoral process from foreign governments.
TEHRAN, September 17 - A top chief who led a coalition of armed militia groups has surrendered in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with hundreds of youth fighters, according to local authorities.
TEHRAN, August 27 - The trial of more than two dozen people, including a former intelligence agency informant, suspected in the killings of two UN sanctions monitors last year in central Congo resumed on Monday after a 10-month suspension, defense lawyers said.
TEHRAN, August 26 -Medical teams fighting to stop the spread of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing dangers other than the disease itself as it has spread to areas surrounded by anti-government rebels.
TEHRAN, August 8 - Globe and MailDemocratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will not stand in December’s presidential election, a spokesman said on Wednesday, announcing that former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary would be the ruling coalition’s candidate.
TEHRAN, June 26 - UN investigators on Tuesday accused the security forces and militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of committing crimes against humanity in the country's restive Kasai region.
TEHRAN, May 27 - Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities to 12, said the country's health ministry.