The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in rare materials ... The violence in North Kivu can thus be understood as part of a modern-day, state-funded gold rush. M23 is expanding its control ...

The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the U.N.

the “freedom” had cost the people of the Congo a third of its people either amputated or summarily executed for failing to submit to forced labour. Never in the history of humanity and modern ...

Analysis - In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formerly Zaire, has in recent history been portrayed as a nation whose riches have been a curse rather than a blessing. It is indeed a country caught in unending ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding ... “We want the war to end so that we can resume normal life. Coming here every day, we will not make it,” said Badeja Matanda ...

They have said they will march to Congo's capital, Kinshasa ... Coming here every day, we will not make it,” said Badeja Matanda, a Goma resident. M23 has tried to assert their control over ...

The campaign, which begins on Feb. 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, is designated for prayer and awareness of human ...

It’s difficult to know why Kagame gambled on his troops seizing Goma now, a move surely to trigger an international outcry.