For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Mpox is viral infection that spreads through close contact, and typically causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP ...

Sifa, like many others, sought shelter at St. Francis Xavier Parish, a place that has opened its doors to the displaced people of eastern Congo. Sifa, holding her youngest child, explained her ...

Volunteers buried those who died during a week of clashes in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Reporting from Goma ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Medics treat a man wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma ...

Humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo rushed to tend to the dire needs of those affected by the violence caused by the Rwanda-backed M23 group's incursion into the DRC. Provisional ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to civil conflicts. But the latest advances made by M23, a rebel coalition, capturing the mineral-rich city of Goma, is a humiliating setback ...