The electronic and experimental music band KOKOKO! didn’t record its albums in studios, or even really indoors, in its birthplace of Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma ...

FILE - M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier ...

The new Jack Quaid action movie Novocaine and the spy thriller Black Bag starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender highlight this weekend’s new releases.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east ...

(AP foto/Janvier Barhahiga) Red Cross workers clear the area in east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, one day after it was taken by M23 rebels, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...

Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same lake displayed devastation and misery after an armed group called M23 captured the lakeside city of Goma last month. Nearly 3,000 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South ...

Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, frightened residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23's expansion in the mineral ...

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