In Stanford's first inaugural Congo Week, students and experts celebrate Congolese heritage and discuss important issues regarding the DRC.

Over 40 scholars from across the humanities and social sciences gathered at The Africa Institute, Global Studies University ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to ...

Located 200km from Brazzaville, Congo, the Royal Domain of the Mbé was inscribed on the Tentative Lists in 2008. The property, which is also of significant historical value, is made up of a group of ...

But that calculation changed during Congo's 1997 civil war ... years is an expanded view of what can only be called chimp culture, a tradition of using complex "tool kits." After a decade of ...

GISENYI, Rwanda - Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, ...

NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...

Bashizi is a Congolese photographer, based in Goma, focusing on issues related to health, environment and culture. FUNGURUME, Democratic Republic of Congo — Alain Kasongo, burly and goateed ...