Tag: Dr Congo
AFCON 2019 – DR Congo, Zimbabwe in match fixing scandal
A Madagascan publication has reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo is being investigated for a case of possible match-fixing…
AFCON: Congo at 3rd position in Group A after comprehensive win
The Congolese are now in third place in Group A after comprehensive win against Zimbabwe on Sunday. They now have…
DR Congo pummel Zimbabwe 4-0 to brighten chances of qualification
Democratic Republic of Congo put four goals past helpless Zimbabwe to brighten their chances of qualifying as one of the…
Gorillas pose for selfie with DR Congo anti-poaching unit
Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies.
China dispatches 100 Peacekeepers to DR Congo
A team of 100 Chinese Engineering and Medical Troops left for a one-year peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
DR Congo starts using experimental Ebola treatment
Democratic Republic of Congo has started using the experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment on patients in the east of the country,…
DR Congo: WHO calls for access to tackle Ebola
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for “free and secure” access to the Ebola-affected people in the conflict-affected region…
DR Congo declares end of Ebola epidemic
Health minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Oly Ilunga officially announced the end of the Ebola haemorrhagic fever…
Death toll in DR Congo Ebola outbreak hits 26
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 26 after a person…
Ebola: FG bans transportation of corpses from DR Congo
The Federal Government has banned the transportation of corpses from Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, following the outbreak of the…
Ebola outbreak: MSF to open 3 additional treatment centres in DRC
International humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) will set up three additional facilities in the Democratic…
DR Congo set to test Ebola vaccine
The first 4,000 doses of experimental vaccine provided by the WHO to combat against the Ebola outbreak has arrived on…
Ebola Outbreak: 4 new cases recorded in North-West DRC
At least four new cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported in Bikoro territory, Equateur province in northwestern Democratic…
Fresh Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-western territory of Bikoro.
DR Congo security forces shoot dead 37 Burundi migrants
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of…
Holders DR Congo knocked out of CHAN by Congo Brazzaville
The African Nations Championship (CHAN) holders, the Democratic Republic of Congo, failed to qualify for the 2018 finals in Kenya…
Ghana beat DR Congo 2-1 to zoom into AFCON Semi-Finals
Ghana’s Ayew brothers grabbed a goal each to beat DR Congo 2-1 and put the Black Stars through to the…
AFCON 2017: DR Congo top group C after beating Togo 3-1
DR Congo reached the Africa Cup of Nations last eight as Group C winners with a victory that eliminated Togo.…
AFCON 2017: 10-man DR Congo beat Morocco 1-0
DR Congo put their difficult Africa Cup of Nations build-up behind them to beat Morocco in their Group C opening…
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Congolese prime minister resigns
Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo resigned Monday to make way for an opposition figure to take his place following…
DR Congo $750k richer after CHAN victory
Taiwo Adelu The new champions of African Nations Championship (CHAN), the Leopards of DR Congo were $750,000 richer after they…
Congo DR lifts second CHAN trophy after subduing Mali 3-0
Congo Democratic Republic has won its second trophy of the African Nations Championship. The national team beat Mali in the…
CHAN: Congo DR are kings of Africa
The Democratic Republic Of Congo won the African Nations Championship (CHAN) for a second time on Sunday, beating Mali 3-0…
Warri Wolves pip MK Etanchetie FC in CAF Confed Cup
Warri Wolves Football Club on Saturday defeated MK Etanchetie FC of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 at the Warri…
DR Congo Battle Ivory Coast For AFCON Final Ticket
A frosty reunion awaits Ivory Coast and DR Congo on Wednesday night in Bata when they meet in a 2015 AFCON…
Le Roy unhappy after ‘biggest disappointment’
Claude Le Roy hit out at the match officials after Congo Brazzaville’s 4-2 defeat to neighbours DR Congo in the…
Over 150 Rwandan Hutu rebels surrender in DR Congo
A group of 155 Rwandan Hutu rebels turned themselves in on Sunday in the face of threatened action by UN…
Riots in DR Congo after at least 30 die in boat accident
At least 30 people died when an overcrowded boat hit a rock and sank on the Congo river, sparking riots…
Two men burnt alive in DR Congo after attack
Two men were burnt alive Saturday by civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east after they attacked a…
At least 100 killed in new massacre in east DR Congo
About 100 people were slaughtered last week in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the latest massacre…