M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

Nevertheless, over the course of the previous year, the pair had fashioned themselves into two of the least likely soldiers ...

VIENNA, July 9. /TASS/. The construction of the Pointe-Noire-Lutete-Maloukou-Trechot oil products pipeline in the Republic of the Congo, involving Russia, could begin in 2026, Congolese Minister of ...

In the heart of Africa's most remote rainforest lies Dzanga Bai, a forest clearing where shy, elusive elephants gather in astonishing numbers. It is a place so wild and untouched, it's been called the ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

On June 27th the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo stood smiling in the Oval Office next to ...

About 80 kilometers from the city of Kisangani in Tshopo Province lies the Isangi territory. This remote territory can be accessed by a boat ride through the deepest river in the world, River Congo, ...

In the 1880s, as Europe was scrambling for colonies in Africa, one major player, Belgium’s King Leopold II, claimed the Congo River basin as his own possession. and receive a Canada Proud ...

A Chinese researcher has employed satellite-based remote-sensing technology to accurately identify the source of the Congo River, Africa’s second-lon ...

In the Belgian Congo last week massed tom-tom drummers practiced a welcome tattoo. Prosperous Negro shopkeepers climbed up wooden ladders and draped the Congolese flag (a golden star on a blue ...

Gode Bola receives funding support from the Congo River User Hydraulics and Morphology (CRuHM) project (2016-2021), which was entirely funded by The Royal Society-DFID Africa Capacity Building (RS ...

Analysis - The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has ...