Stop protecting peacekeepers who rape, Ban Ki-moon tells UN member states
Exclusive: United Nations secretary general urges countries to investigate and prosecute soldiers accused of sexual violence
July 2015
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Kinshasa fashion week
Photographs from the Eyewitness series
June 2015
Women's rights and gender equality
There are no quick fixes to warzone rape, but Hague's summit was a vital first step
Madeleine Rees
Governments must be held to account on commitments to stop sexual violence in conflict, and empowering women and girls will be critical to their efforts
March 2015
Urban eye
Kinshasa's traffic robots: 'I thought it was some kind of joke' - in pictures
Gridlock has seized Kinshasa. Faced with rising car ownership, and aware of lack of trust in police, city authorities have recruited solar-powered ‘robocops’ to control the chaotic streets
January 2015
Guardian Africa network
A guide to Africa in 2015
Simon Allison rounds up some of the stories that are likely to dominate Africa’s headlines this year
December 2014
Renzo Martens – the artist who wants to gentrify the jungle
Eastern Congo is one of the poorest parts of the planet – which is why its plantations really need an art gallery, the artist Renzo Martens tells Stuart Jeffries
November 2014
On the radar
Wildlife tourism in Virunga gives new hope to Congo
The bedevilled Democratic Republic of the Congo is virtually a tourist-fee zone. But the end of war and reopening of Virunga national park – home to some of the world’s last mountain gorillas – might be about to change that
October 2014
Animal magic
The okapi’s skull. But where is its body?
The okapi is one of the world’s most elusive mammals. In 1904, the British explorer Percy Powell-Cotton set his sights on obtaining a specimen for his growing natural history collection. He succeeded and its skull is on display. But where is the rest of it?
September 2014
DR Congo’s miners bear brunt of attempts to make minerals conflict-free
Small-scale miners are suffering while armed groups benefit from legislation designed to cripple them, open letter warns
August 2014
World in a week
World in a week: Senegal confirms its first case of Ebola
World in a week
World in a week: Indian parents must stop rapes, says PM Narendra Modi
March 2014
Name that city
Can you identify this city? – quiz answers
Lubumbashi, DRC is our secret city this week.
October 2013
African Queen to set sail again on commercial cruises up Uganda's Nile
Boat owner Cam McLeay confident his is original African Queen, abandoned after use in film starring Humphrey Bogart
May 2013
African hair salon in China brings success to its DRC owner
Congolese hairdresser in Beijing is example of the burgeoning Sino-African relationship
November 2012
Trekking with gorillas in central Africa
Greg Cummings leads safaris to see gorillas in their natural habitats across central Africa, in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo. Here he tells us about the arduous treks his job entails – and its heart-stopping rewards
January 2012
Canoeing the entire Congo river… and living to tell the tale
Canoeing down the Congo - in pictures
February 2011
From street to screen: the story of Staff Benda Bilili
Staff Benda Bilili's remarkable story is coming to UK cinemas. Robin Denselow talks to the men who made it all happen.
November 2010
The world's new travel frontiers for 2011
Guardian Legal Network
Bemba trial: the international criminal court takes on gender crimes
Kelly Askin for the Open Society Blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
About 23 results for Democratic Republic of the Congo holidays
Animal magicThe okapi’s skull. But where is its body?The okapi is one of the world’s most elusive mammals. In 1904, the British explorer Percy Powell-Cotton set his sights on obtaining a specimen for his growing natural history collection. He succeeded and its skull is on display. But where is the rest of it?
