Lumumba remains a leading figure in Congolese and African history. He was a revolutionary and a national hero whose ...

The Sape movement, originating in the Congo, blends fashion, culture, and resistance, symbolizing a form of social and political defiance. Sapeurs, members of the Society of Ambience-Makers and ...

Even after gaining independence in 1960, the nation plunged into further chaos,dictatorships, civil wars, and foreign interference shaped a modern Congo riddled with instability and suffering.Yet ...

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief is urging more global support for displaced people in eastern Congo. On Thursday, he ...

This Photographer Was Caught in a Deadly Rebel Ambush. Adriane Ohanesian went to cover the battle over resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and ended up as part of the story.

The documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” focuses on a hot spot in the Cold War, set to music by the era’s ambassadors of cool—Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and other ...

Congo’s government said at least 7,000 people have died in the fighting since January. At least 600,000 people have been displaced by the fighting since November, according to OCHA.

Congo is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and other products, but U.S. access is complicated by the fact that Chinese ...

Actor and activist Ben Affleck tesitifies on Caitol Hill about civil rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI). (3/8/11) ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in an X post that the company's satellite system Starlink is now available in Congo.