"The fire consumed materials destined for 19 of Kinshasa's 24 districts," said Corneille Nangaa ... has never known a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960. * Sign up to ...

In our previous article, "The 67-year struggle for congolese Tutsi citizenship must end," we explored how the Kinyarwanda-speaking community's electoral victories in Eastern DR Congo fueled resentment ...

Rwanda’s Consul in Antwerp, Gunther Vanpraet, has blamed the Belgian government’s one-sided diplomatic position on the DR Congo security crisis, calling it both “disrespectful” to Rwanda and a threat ...

A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi ...

Civil society and experts call for an end to the enrichment of foreign countries and the Congolese elite at the expense of ...

Operations at Belgium's second largest airport were suspended today due to a bomb alert on a Ryanair plane. Shortly before 11am local time (9am GMT) 'a bomb threat was triggered' on board an ...

Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry has said. The ministry confirmed that two of the soldiers ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry ...

Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s prime minister said. Belgium’s defence ministry told the BBC that two of the soldiers were in a stable ...