The plight of mothers raising children fathered and abandoned by UN peacekeepers amid fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mothers in the DRC struggling to raise children fathered 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 ...

Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo - A solar minigrid in a ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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) ...