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 ...

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

Archaeologically, Kalambo Falls is one of Africa’s most important prehistoric ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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

The U.N. children's fund says armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels as the conflict in the mineral- rich region intensified in rece ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last ...

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) People wounded in the fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces arrive at the Cbeca Ndosho hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday ...

The central Wisconsin farm was part of the inspiration for a 60 second Lay's potato chip commercial that aired in the third quarter.