Domestic power struggles between President Tshisekedi and former president Kabila will likely complicate difficult negotiations with M23.Recent efforts to resolve the M23 crisis in eastern Democratic ...

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 ...

From Oct. 14 to Oct. 21 in 2024, Stanford hosted its first-ever Congo Week, “Breaking the Silence,” to raise awareness about challenges facing frontline communities in the Congo.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Many years ago, a man from Fatima Mansions in Dublin took a short break from his labouring work for the Corporation to tell ...

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 ...

“For me the Congo Square Rhythms Festival is the roots of our culture. In Congo Square is where it all began for many of us, our ancestors were there dancing, selling their wares, celebrating.

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