A military transport plane belonging to the Congolese army crashed near Kinshasa on Saturday, killing "several dozen" people, military and airport sources told AFP.

At least 12 people died, 18 others injured and 92 were missing after heavy rains caused flooding in two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said Wednesday.

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the death toll from a rain-triggered massive landslide in the eastern parts of the African country could likely reach over 200.

A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official says.

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the death toll from a rain-triggered massive landslide in the eastern parts of the African country could likely reach over 200.

Armed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say they have killed 10 Burundian soldiers after they crossed the border from the neighboring country in hunt for rebels.

Over a dozen people have lost their lives in various incidents that followed a shooting in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local official says.

The main opposition group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called for a general strike in the country following the government’s refusal to hold an early presidential election.

Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday as demonstrators gathered in support of rich and powerful opposition figure Moise Katumbi.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered an investigation into the alleged use of foreign mercenaries by the country's opposition leader and potential presidential candidate Moise Katumbi.

An explosion has struck a vehicle in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing all the three occupants.

The United Nations has warned the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that its crackdown on opposition groups ahead of the 2016 presidential election could “compromise the credibility” of the electoral process.

Fourteen people working for a national aid agency have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Congolese capital in support of President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s bid to extend his rule.

Thousands of people have held a mass demonstration in the Republic of Congo to protest against plans by President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his rule.

A new attack by Ugandan rebels has left at least seven civilians dead in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say.

At least seven bodies have been found in a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a Uganda-based rebel group has reportedly been active in the past months.

At least two United Nations (UN) peacekeepers were killed and 13 others injured when their unit was ambushed by suspected rebels in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The United Nations is withdrawing promised support for an anti-militant operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which was supposed to be jointly carried out with the Congolese military.

Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to disarm following a threat by the Congolese army to launch a fresh attack against them.