At least 19 people have been killed in two days of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the east of the country, which protesters accuse of failing to protect them from militia violence.

Belgium handed over a tooth, the only known remains of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family during a ceremony in Brussels.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still lingering, a new health scare in the form of a rare viral infection of monkeypox has emerged in Europe and the US, putting health authorities on high alert.

A police officer and at least two civilians were killed during protests in the city of Goma in eastern Congo.

The eldest son of the first African prime minister of the Congo after independence, came to Iran .

“The first thing I want to say to the victims and survivors... I am sorry,” said Tedros Adhanom.

Suspected militants kill at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities say.

A curfew is imposed in Beni after three bomb blasts rocked the eastern city over the weekend.

The UN says around 400,000 people need support or protection after fleeing a volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congolese authorities on Thursday ordered the partial evacuation of Goma.