Latest Kinshasa News

Congolese journalist convicted of spreading false information expected to be freed soon

Mar. 18, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after a court found him guilty and sentenced him Monday to six months in prison for spreading false information among other charges, according to media freedom group Reporters Without Borders. He was...

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

Mar. 13, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Escalating violence in Congo's eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Far from the nation’s capital, Kinshasa,...

At least 18 people killed when bus collides with truck in Congo's capital

Feb. 09, 2024 10:59 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 18 people were killed Friday when the bus they were traveling on collided with a truck in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, authorities said. The bus collided with the truck as it tried to make a turn along a highway leading to the N’Djili...

Residents scatter as they fear Congo rebel group will again seize key eastern city of Goma

Feb. 07, 2024 11:39 AM EST

GOMA, Congo (AP) — One of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups is attacking a community considered the last line of defense before the region’s largest city of Goma, fleeing residents said Wednesday, even as the rebels claimed they had no intention to seize it again. The...

UN sets December deadline for its peacekeepers in Congo to completely withdraw

Jan. 13, 2024 12:18 PM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, which helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades before being asked by the Congolese government to leave, will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by the end of 2024, the mission said Saturday. ...

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

Dec. 31, 2023 11:29 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday as opposition candidates and their supporters questioned the validity of the results. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20...