Category: Daily Brief
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Daily Brief — 21 October 2026
Bottom Line Artisanal miners’ protests spread across Kolwezi for a second day, disrupting businesses and access to mining sites. Fighting resumed in South Kivu after a brief lull around Kaziba, while local sources reported about 40 deaths amid a suspected cholera outbreak in Masisi territory. Ebola responders in Ituri threatened to stop work over unpaid…
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Daily Brief — 20 October 2026
Bottom Line Mining controls have halted copper and cobalt trucks near Kolwezi, while restrictions on mineral sales brought artisanal miners into the streets. In Bunia, Ebola teams followed up with only a quarter of identified contacts on October 16, and more than 4,000 people from a closed displacement camp lack adequate shelter. Public hospitals in…
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Daily Brief — 19 October 2026
Bottom Line Ebola has reached Nord-Ubangi, the eighth affected province in the DRC, while Kenya’s cluster has risen to seven cases, including three health workers. The government has suspended 13 political parties following the creation of Joseph Kabila’s Front pour la refondation de la nation, although none of the parties has formally joined the new…
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Daily Brief — 16 October 2026
Bottom Line Africa CDC is seeking an accounting of more than $700 million in Ebola-response funding handled by partners, while Kenya has confirmed a second, linked infection. In Masisi, reported drone strikes targeted government-aligned positions and the FRN suspended traffic on a road after fighting. Congolese health workers have begun strike action as Ebola disrupts…
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Daily Brief — 15 October 2026
Bottom Line Health unions plan to begin a national strike today as the Ebola response contends with delayed treatment and deaths outside health facilities. Belgian police have searched homes linked to President Félix Tshisekedi’s family in a money-laundering investigation. In Ituri, separate attacks attributed to CODECO have killed civilians and drivers. Health Health unions call…
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Daily Brief — 14 October 2026
Bottom Line Former allies of Joseph Kabila are taking opposing positions on his new armed front. In Ituri, threats attributed to CODECO have driven thousands of displaced people from their camps toward MONUSCO bases. Tshopo authorities have suspended health facilities accused of failing to report Ebola patients to response teams. Politics and Security Kabila’s armed…
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Daily Brief — 13 October 2026
Bottom Line Former president Joseph Kabila has been named leader of a new politico-military movement that the AFC says replaces its existing organization. The announcement follows his warning on Friday that he would soon set out what he believed was needed to “save” the DRC. Fighting between CODECO and the CRP killed at least 45…
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Daily Brief — 12 October 2026
Bottom Line Joseph Kabila’s latest address deepened his confrontation with the Tshisekedi government, drawing a threatening response from the presidential party. African Union facilitators completed consultations in Kinshasa after meeting AFC/M23 leaders in Goma. An ambush in South Kivu killed or wounded at least 20 personnel linked to Erik Prince’s security company, while CODECO-attributed attacks…
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Daily Brief — 9 October 2026
Bottom Line An Ebola contact-tracing team was attacked in Kisangani, three health workers tested positive in Biena and unsafe care conditions were reported at Biakato. MONUSCO says ADF attacks have reached Haut-Uélé, outside the mission’s current geographic mandate, while Wazalendo fighters withdrew from Numbi and other Kalehe positions hours after reported gains. A military personnel…
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Daily Brief — 8 October 2026
Bottom Line Government-aligned forces claimed six additional localities in Kalehe, although control has repeatedly shifted across the Ziralo front. North Kivu now accounts for nearly 40 percent of newly confirmed Ebola cases nationwide, with limited treatment capacity placing patients in ordinary health facilities. The government has ordered wooden baleinières off the country’s waterways from November…
