The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than ... The rebels previously threatened to continue their offensive to the capital, Kinshasa, ...
By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on ...
Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick KINSHASA, Congo -- KINSHASA, Congo ...
Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma.
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
This time, Kinshasa has sought help from Burundi, which dispatched thousands of its troops to try to defeat the rebellion. The position of Uganda, officially in Congo to help the government fight ...
During a mass at the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Congo in Kinshasa on Sunday, February 9, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo called for a return to peace in the country. This ceremony was highly anticipated as ...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts ...