Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently ... upholds the sanctity of human life and obliges the state to respect and protect it,” he said.

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle ...

‘Tragically, Congo’s horror remains unchanged. Foreigners full of lust, rebel groups, and a corrupt government have and are ...

In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst ...

In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich nations on earth, yet its people remain trapped in poverty, instability, and perpetual war .

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. These companies were ...