The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

In a bold diplomatic move, Rwanda has officially severed ties with Belgium, expelling its diplomats and accusing the former colonial power of destabilizing the region. The reason? Ongoing allegations ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met in Doha on Tuesday for the first time since the latest M23 advance that has seen the rebels ...

The region has a history of outside interference ... The position of Uganda, officially in Congo to help the government fight against Islamist militants, is ambiguous as the U.N. has accused ...

A mystery illness that has caused dozens of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to from a "poisoning of a water source," according to the World Health Organization. The WHO's head ...

KINSHASA, Congo — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

Congo’s government says it will participate in peace talks in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east DAKAR, Senegal -- Congo's ...

Over 1,000 people are sick from the mystery disease, health officials said. At least 60 people have died and over 1,000 more are sick from a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in a region of the ...

Several reports accused the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces, of carrying out the attack. The ADF is an armed group ...

An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to doctors in the central African nation and the World Health Organization. The ...

LONDON − More than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two clusters of illness cases with unknown cause being investigated in northwest Congo, the World Health Organization said.