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Journalists attend a news conference ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on Tuesday. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Themed "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future", the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has brought together African leaders, including Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix …

Authorities say the security forces have the situation under control, but the number of casualties is unclear. The government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo says inquiries are under way after an attempted jailbreak overnight from the country’s biggest prison. Heavy gunfire rang out early Monday morning from Makala central prison in the capital Kinshasa as inmates tried to …

Analyst says the overhaul of the DRC’s 57 member-cabinet just months before the election is a ‘deeply political shuffle’. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was imprisoned for more than 10 years for war crimes, as defence minister in a sweeping government reshuffle. His appointment was part …

Photos: Scientists fight to protect DR Congo rainforest

A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest. Scientists at the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in the DRC’s Tshopo province are studying the rainforest’s role in climate change – a subject that received scant attention until recently. Sibret said more time is required …

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