A first look at the wondrous finalists of Sony World Photography competition, chosen from more than 419,000 entries and ...

"The persecution of Christians around the world is one of the great untold scandals of the 21st Century," says Open Doors CEO.

After clashes in Bukavu between armed groups including the M23 Rebels, the remains of some of the victims were buried. Fears of regional conflict grow as M23 captures cities in eastern DRC ...

While estimates vary greatly, the death toll of the Second Congo War and the associated humanitarian disaster may have reached over three million people by 2004. Between 2002 and 2003, Rwanda ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently been used as a weapon of war. Most estimates state that over six million ...

the Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. At the same time, the DRC – a country seven times the size of Germany – also hosts more than half a million ...

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating tension and violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency said ...

said such actions are a blatant violation of the sovereignty of Congo. The vast central African nation of about 100 million people remains one of the poorest countries in the world, despite its ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... working to restore the security for the people and their property, much to the satisfaction ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied ... challenges under the “old regime” in the city of 1.3 million people.

Congo's government vowed to restore order in Bukavu, a city of 1.3 million people, but there was no sign of soldiers. Many were seen fleeing on Saturday alongside thousands of civilians.