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

Born under French colonial rule in what is now the Central African Republic, she became active in the independence struggles of several African countries. In this extract from her memoir, My Country, ...

Before June 30, the Congo was already mortally wounded ... Scornfully, he had announced that he had “thrown out independence.” “That,” he said, was “for the civilized.” ...

MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Republic of the Congo have signed two grant to boost electricity access ...

Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in ...

China is reaping the rewards of its massive mining investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the form of surging imports of physical copper.

People walk past an independence square in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...