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.

Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Aid groups say the number of people seeking care has spiked as fighting intensifies. Some of the worst affected struggle to ...

As the Congo's town politicians bickered and battled, few of them had a thought for a greater tragedy unfolding in the remote bush of South Kasai. There 300,000 pathetic Baluba tribesmen, hurled ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

The three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life ...

Rwanda’s malign behaviour in Congo is not new. M 23 first seized Goma in 2012. But donors swiftly pressed Mr Kagame’s regime to pull the gunmen back, and a UN peacekeeping force all but ...

Two U.N. detachments—Liberians and Tunisians—fought off ambushes by Congo tribesmen near Luluabourg. In the mineral-rich province of Katanga, ...

Congo produced about 40% of the world’s coltan in 2023, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, with Australia, Canada and Brazil being other major suppliers.

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board.

Congo produced about 40% of the world’s coltan in 2023, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, with Australia, Canada and Brazil being other major suppliers.