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The Trump administration wants to withdraw from Rwanda and South Africa their preferential access to the US market, within the framework of AGOA, an agreement that allows more than thirty African countries to export their products to the United States without tariffs. For Kigali, this decision comes in full tension with Washington around the war in eastern DR Congo.
In DR Congo, the general population census is entering its practical phase. Thousands of cartographers travel the streets of the capital to collect population data. Operation cost: $192 million. The last census dates back to 1984.
The doctor tested positive in DR Congo, where there is an outbreak. The government says the risk to the public remains low.
At 80, his voice holds. Bernard Lavilliers sings the world, his incessant travels, and remains faithful to his humanist commitments.
Two new vaccines were designed for the Bundibugyo virus that has killed more than 5,300 in the DR Congo.
The US imposed sanctions on Rwanda's army over its role in the conflict in DR Congo.
In Kolwezi, the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local residents are suing a huge Chinese mine and the government for environmental pollution. It will be one of the most important cases the country has seen. FRANCE 24's correspondent Emmet Livingstone reports.
DR Congo senior opposition leader Prince Epenge has been arrested and transferred to prison. He is being held on charges of spreading fake news. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Kinshasa, Emmet Livingstone, has more.
Drought and conflict compound the threat to wildlife in eastern DR Congo.
Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.
What does Joseph Kabila launching a new rebel movement mean for DR Congo?
Authorities are struggling to find a way to control the outbreak, with no approved treatments or vaccines.
Medical staff and residents at a treatment centre in Ituri danced and sang to celebrate a first since May: the centre is no longer treating any confirmed Ebola cases.
Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition coalition, C64, met in Rome on Tuesday. Under pressure to respond to Joseph Kabila’s rebellion, its five leaders addressed the situation in the country from the Italian capital. They condemned any seizure of power by force and called for inclusive dialogue. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingston reports.
Congo accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebels and plundering minerals in its conflict hit East
Footage shows healthcare workers celebrating at an Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo after the last patient left.
Arno Yafunga Botay fled DR Congo with his family in 2017 and will compete at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.
Africa's outbreak of the Ebola virus has passed more than 10,000 cases, health authorities said Tuesday, with the vast majority located in Democratic Republic of Congo. There are currently no approved vaccines for the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola driving the current infections.
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade, an alarm signal in an outbreak originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has already reached different points in Africa. The detection of the virus in West Africa, after cases were reported in Central and East Africa, focuses on international displacement, epidemiological monitoring and the rapid response of health systems. To what extent can epidemics be contained within borders in an increasingly connected world? In France 24 we analyze the challenges of
Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
