And in Panama he’s often the whip-wielding slave master fighting with escaped slaves, the cimarrons, in a traditional Congo dance that celebrates the slaves’ resistance to their Spanish masters.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

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 ...

Rebels have captured eastern town of Nyabibwe Government says its forces resist advance U.N. estimates at least 2,800 killed in fighting GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 5 (Reuters ...

GOMA, Congo — At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major ...

GOMA, Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N ...

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced three Chinese nationals to seven years in prison for engaging in activities related to illegal mining. The court, in Congo’s eastern ...

GISENYI, Rwanda (AP) — Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...