Rebels have captured vast areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. That land, controlled by the M23 movement, is ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, ...

The economy remains resilient, with economic growth projected to exceed 5 percent both in 2025 and 2026, while inflation eased to 2.5 percent year-on-year in October 2025.

Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a third Ebola case this week in North Kivu province, provincial health minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita said on Friday.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the Democratic Republic of Congo in March 2020, the country faced a double challenge: containing the spread of the virus while preserving an already vulnerable economy.

As light rain fell in Goma on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, all was quiet in the slum neighborhood of Birere. The streets, once bustling with retailers, motorcycle taxis, Chukudus (two-wheeled handmade ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, and in 2024, it attracted the largest volume of mineral exploration investment in Africa. Enhancing ...

Congo’s economy maintained a moderate expansion in 2024, with real GDP growth of 2.6%, lifting real income per capita for the first time since 2016. However, this improvement has not yet translated ...