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Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in ...

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

On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu and are present in most parts of the city after little resistance from government forces.

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the ...

After hours spent at sea, fisherman Guy Bayonne Balou and his crew return to the southern shore of the Republic of Congo with ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.