U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a phone call, the State Department said on Friday.

After hours spent at sea, fisherman Guy Bayonne Balou and his crew return to the southern shore of the Republic of Congo with ...

On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining activities within conservation areas undermines the ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

A UN expert report last July said Rwanda had around 4,000 troops in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing Kigali ... They carried Congolese flags and banners calling for an end ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

[JULIE SEBADELHA / AFP] On Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo a fighter belonging to ... [PAUL KANE / GETTY IMAGES] This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph ...

The Republic of Congo’s minister of mines has issued at least 79 semi-industrial gold mining and exploration permits in the Sangha region, despite the area being officially designated for a ...

The pair agree on the need for a ceasefire. The M23 rebels, who have fought a number of rebellions in the east against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central government, have ignored calls ...