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Nineteen-year-old Armande* recalls her disastrous first visit to a health centre. “It was awful,” says the teen from Kongo Central, in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. “I was younger then and looking for information on HIV, and the nurse there made fun of me in front of everyone because of my age.”

More than 250 soldiers of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MINUSCO), are preparing to leave the country.

The Pontiff will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan from July 2 to 7, the Vatican announced Thursday in a statement.

The base of Eringeti is manned by soldiers of the South African contingent of MONUSCO and the town of Eringeti, located 60 km north of the city of Beni, is experiencing relative calm that has allowed people, who had been displaced, to return to their homes and resume their normal life.

A Special Adviser to President Felix Tshisekedi, accused of organizing meetings to destabilize the government, has been in detention since February 5.

At least 40 civilians were killed at knifepoint last night in the Ituri eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

East African Community (EAC) Heads of State are set to convene for their 18th Extra-Ordinary Summit set to take place virtually, on Wednesday, December 22, the six-member bloc’s Secretariat announced on Saturday morning, an official source confirmed Sunday in Kigali

After a countdown of 42 days, twice the incubation period, no case of the highly transmissible disease has been reported in the country, health authorities said.

East Africans are about to receive Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member of the regional bloc previously composed of six nations, an official source revealed Tuesday.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was “appalled” by the renewed violence.