Major-General Sylvain Ekenge has been sanctioned for using xenophobic tropes against Tutsi women on national television, sparking a diplomatic row and local outcry.

There are times when language flops under the weight of insincerity. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Council of Ministers, convened on Friday, 2 January 2026 presided by President Félix Tshisekedi, ...

Analysis - In 1994, sticks, stones, and machetes broke Tutsi bones, but words hurt them first. On September 27, 1959, in Ngoma, southern Rwanda, words spoken at a political rally would leave a long ...

Discriminatory remarks made by the spokesperson of the DR Congo's armed forces during a televised interview have sparked condemnation from political leaders, civil society organisations, and ...

On December 27, 2025, just after Boxing Day—the world woke up to what should have been an unremarkable, festive interlude between Christmas and the New Year. It was the kind of noiseless global pause ...

Algeria meet DR Congo today at Al Medina Stadium in the Round of 16 at AFCON 2025. Algeria advanced as winners ...

Sudan and Burkina Faso enter this third matchday already having secured their spots in the round of 16. Yet, this clash in Casablanca still carries significant strategic weight. A draw would lock in ...

The Al Medina Stadium in Rabat will host a high-stakes showdown on Tuesday, December 23, as DR Congo and Benin face off in the opening matchday of the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON ...

Senegal raises $254 mln in regional debt auction as yields climb Senegal raised 154 billion CFA francs ($254 million) in a regional debt auction on Friday, as investors sought higher yields across all ...

Trump's peace deal between Rwanda and Congo hasn't stopped the fighting — and now his expansive mineral deal with Kinshasa is in the balance. Earlier this month, President Trump announced a peace deal ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with ...