The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

When Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to the eastern Congo city of Goma, he knew the risks of resisting ...

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

With Bangladesh slipping on the corruption index, placing itself with Congo and Iran at 151 out of 180, the state of the economy begins to make much more sense.  Corruption negatively impacts the ...

Commuting in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, presents challenges for its 17 million residents. Massive traffic jams and unsafe driving cause chaos on the roads, leading to ...

We also detail how corruption operates as a coordinated system ... Similar to many other civil servants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police officers earn meagre salaries - around US$ ...

In Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the phrase débrouillez-vous (fend for yourself) is considered ...

Many small organizations that relied on USAID have shut down; even the largest ones have been severely weakened. One survey ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...