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 ...

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

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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

The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children ...

I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group ...

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 ...