had started in an attempt to bring Tshombe back under the authority of the Congo central government and thus head off a possible civil war. As the fighting raged on, it carried the United Nations ...

In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and ...

Prison conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported in detention centres run by the intelligence services, the U.N. High ...

Every administration has to readjust to respond to world events, but the Israel-Hamas conflict has been particularly ...

Over 430 people have died from cholera in Sudan in the past month, according to the country’s health ministry, and the ...

GOMA, Congo -- A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.

During a weeklong visit to Congo in 2001, I watched firsthand as the NBA star, who died Monday, worked to leave a legacy for ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo — 'We just want peace and ... there is a risk that this war will become a civil war and then it will be uncontrollable. The New Humanitarian: What could ...

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Ten civilians were killed in a midnight attack by the CODECO militia on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province ...

Eastern Congo, renowned for its stunning landscapes ... which played a major role in the Liberian Civil War, and supported the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone, notorious for ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds protested in front of Congo's top court Wednesday to demand the release of political ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond ...