US hits more DRC rebel leaders with sanctions

The US has imposed sanctions on two top M23 officials saying they both made use of child soldiers and singled out children as targets.

Music singer: Lokua Kanza from DRC

Lokua Kanza was born Pascal Lokua Kanza in Bukavu in the province of Sud-Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DR Congo: flight crash near Kisangani

At least 40 survivors have been pulled from a crashed airplane that killed at least 53 people at Kisangani International Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday.