Tragedy struck southeastern Congo as a bridge at the Kalando copper and cobalt mine collapsed, claiming at least 32 lives. Illegal miners, defying warnings of heavy rain and landslides, were on the ...

A military official reports that an attack on a village in western Congo has left 14 people dead KINSHASA, Congo -- An attack on a village in western Congo left 14 people dead, a military official ...

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days after the government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group signed a framework agreement for a peace ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu extremists ...

Children are among several killed in fighting in the DRC, a day after the signing of US-backed peace deal. US president hosts leaders of DRC and Rwanda and says Washington will buy rare earth minerals ...

(See Cover) The Simbas came at 7 o’clock. Grim-faced in their manes of monkey fur and feathers, they banged on the doors of the Residence Victoria with spears and gun butts, roughly hustled their ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

France welcomes the signing of the Washington Accords, on December 4, by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda. This progress was made possible by the commitment of all ...