The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as“sapeurs” ...

Though it was rooted primarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo ... It became a symbol of resistance to dictatorship, particularly under the regime of President ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

Is it too late, asked Le Pays (Ouagadougou): have we "reached the point of no return" for another catastrophic conflict in ...

DRC is a member of the SADC and the East Africa Community, or EAC, while Rwanda is an EAC member.