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DR Congo is strengthening electricity regulation with African Development Bank help, including a study of real power costs and draft grid rules. The post DR Congo Sharpens Electricity Rules With AfDB Help appeared first on The Rio Times.
The DRC shares borders with nine countries and belongs to three regional blocs, making its neighbourhood the key to Central African trade and security. The post DR Congo Neighbours Explained, Central Africa in 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Some 250 people, who have all been exposed to the rare Bundibugyo virus, are taking part in the trial could stop them from contracting Ebola.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 8,000, while 3,901 people have died in the current outbreak, according to government data released on Monday.
A plane carrying a Congolese military delegation crashed in DR Congo, killing 17 people, including four civilians.
Victor Kingombe died at an Ebola treatment centre in Kisangani, three months after Tshopo province first reported cases.
Belgium and Rwanda have restored diplomatic relations after an 18-month rupture over the war in eastern DR Congo.
In tonight's edition, signs of a welcome slowdown in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak. Also, about 20,000 Ethiopian university students in the northern region of Tigray will be relocated to other campuses across the country. And in northern Senegal, scientists are using fish to keep their food stoicks and communtites healthy.
Hundreds protest in DR Congo against third presidential term
Police fired tear gas as clashes erupted in Kinshasa on Tuesday between opposition supporters and pro-government activists during a rally against a proposed constitutional change, AFP journalists saw.
Demonstrations held across country against president's proposed constitutional changes seeking third term.
Days after a deadly school fire on 11 September in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, families gathered at a morgue ahead of a funeral service.
Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 Africa Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The classroom. At least twenty-six students were killed in a school fire and stampede in eastern DR Congo, Africanews reports — a provisional toll that may still move. The boycott, continued. Nigeria's parliament suspended official visits to South Africa on Friday over anti-migrant attacks, and the suspension has held through the weekend; Reuters reports evacuations of Nigerian citizens are under way. The airspace, continued. Algeria's closure of its skies to UAE-registered aircraft, in force since midnight Friday, now shapes a weekend of Gulf shuttle diplomacy. The reserves. Kenya's foreign-exchange reserves rebounded to US$15.25 billion after a three-week slide, Xinhua reports. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Ebola has reached a seventh DR Congo province after an infected man travelled through Rwanda and Uganda.
DR CONGO · SECURITY Key Facts —The strikes The Congolese army carried out airstrikes on Tuesday evening, September 8, against positions held by the AFC/M23 rebellion at Malemo, in Masisi territory, and at Luola, in Walikale territory, the Kinshasa-based outlet Actualité.cd reported. —Why now The strikes followed days of ground fighting on the Masisi–Walikale frontier […] The post DR Congo’s Army Launches Airstrikes on M23 at the Masisi-Walikale Frontier appeared first on The Rio Times.
Law 26/034 creates a market watchdog and clears the way for the Kinshasa Stock Exchange, with first listings targeted for 2027. The post DR Congo Passes Law to Create Kinshasa Stock Exchange appeared first on The Rio Times.
Authorities have launched an investigation into a fire that killed 22 people at a wedding party in Kinshasa, DR Congo.