But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

President Mobutu put the place on the map with ... Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in the country ...

Congo President Joseph Mobutu last week nationalized the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, the Belgian company that provided a living for 100,000 Congolese, accounted for about one-half of the ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...

Analysis - A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes ...

China has reportedly withdrawn from the Grand Inga Dam project, an ambitious plan to construct the world’s largest ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the ... His assassination, blamed on separatists, cleared the way for the rise of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled the country he later renamed ...

It was a vast, unwieldy expedition. Three giant inflatable rafts, two watercraft jets, six rubber dinghies, eight Land Rovers and six Range Rovers, 89 tons of gear, and one Beaver aircraft which ...