The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma called a unilateral pause in the fighting, but the government dismissed the cease-fire as a stunt designed to ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a unilateral ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. The M23 rebel group announced on Monday that ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels taking over territory in DR Congo have vowed to fight all the way to the capital.

CACAO IS A COMFORTING BLEND OF ANCESTRY, FLAVOR, AND A PAIR OF DREAMS. MY FAMILY HAS A CACAO FARM IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. LEO GREW UP IN A SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ...

Santo Domingo.-The Dominican Writers Union (UED) has expressed support for President Luis Abinader’s appointment of Roberto Ángel Salcedo as Minister of Culture. In a public statement, the ...

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the ...

The M23 took Goma, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, once before in 2012, withdrawing after international pressure was put on Rwanda. In a statement, the rebels urged ...

Over twenty years ago, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forced Asukulu Songolo’s ’25 family to flee and resettle in the U.S. Now a second-generation Congolese-American ...