Dozens of cranes have in recent years been found dead after they were poisoned by rice and maize farmers in Lwengo district, ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

(Reuters) - Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against ...

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

the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) holds presidential elections; and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes missing. Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that ...

NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160% as conflict blocks aid and supplies.

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The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has experienced violent conflict since the start of the First Congo War in 1996–97. The Second Congo War (1998–2003) was the deadliest conflict since World ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—known as Zaire until 1997—has suffered two wars since 1996. The first war in 1996 began as a direct result of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The second began in ...