Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking. Inside swam an “iridescent” creature with a “gem”-like pattern. Something ...

July is certainly the month to party, spend time outdoors with friends, and make the most of the last stretch of summer. Of ...

Street lights erase the shadows where attackers once hid. Noisy, polluting diesel generators have gone silent. New businesses ...

Congo and Rwanda ink a U.S.-facilitated peace deal as hopes rise for stability, but M23 rebels and mineral interests cast shadows over lasting peace.

While the deal could be a turning point in the struggle to end the conflict, many Congolese see the deal mainly as an ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the United States to help end the ...

The nation of Congo has been wracked by conflict with more than 100 armed groups, the most potent backed by Rwanda, that have killed millions since the 1990s.

Congo and Rwanda are not formally at war and in the past had held peace talks that have largely stalled, including those hosted by Qatar. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance, a ...

AP file photo FILE – Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony in which Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, left, and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, ...