Democratic Republic of the Congo

Some 59.1 million people were internally displaced in 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said today. "The situation today is phenomenally worse...

The former head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, Yossi Cohen, was deported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 after he was suspected of planning a coup...

Some 193 million people experienced "acute food insecurity" last year, a joint report by the EU and UN said on Wednesday, calling it a record figure and warning that...

The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) has accused the African Union (AU) of flouting its foundational values by upholding Apartheid Israel's observer status. In a statement issued yesterday the...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intends to open a diplomatic and commercial representation in the occupied city of Jerusalem, the Israeli government said on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency...

Despite possessing meagre resources, the landlocked East African country of Uganda hosts 1.5 million refugees from across Africa, including South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Eritrea, and Sudan. So far,...

The United Arab Emirates said today residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) could return as of 12 September from...

Stability in Libya needs a democratic system with Libyan references, news agencies reported Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi saying yesterday. In a meeting with officials from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt,...

An Egyptian TV host known for his support for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's regime has accused the US administration of encouraging Addis Ababa to complete the construction of the...

The latest round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has led to no progress because Ethiopia refused a proposal which would have seen the formation of an...

The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the mediation proposal presented by Egypt and Sudan, stressing the country's adherence to African mediation. The ministry said that "Ethiopia firmly believes...

The Biden administration has revoked a sanctions waiver on Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler that was issued in the last days of the Trump administration. Reimposing sanctions, the US...

A Lebanese businessman and contractor has been sentenced to 20 years of hard labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for diverting nearly $50 million of public funds, Al...

An ambassador to Israel is being appointed by the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-decade gap, reported the Times of Israel. President Felix Tshisekedi also...

South Sudan announced that it would scale up its monitoring of the Ebola virus after an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever was reported in recent months in the neighboring...

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