Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, nicknamed “the Black Pasionaria.” Born under French colonial rule in what is ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more ...

Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

The experts urged the international community to step up efforts and funding to support the Government of DRC to protect and assist displaced persons, while emphasising the need for proper ...