The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long ...

Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is increasing and has caused over a million people to flee their homes. It is threatening to become a regional war. Many of the displaced end up next ...

The number of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise. According to the World Health Organization, Congo has over 26,000 suspected cases - over 80% of the world's total.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a top cobalt producer. So why would it ban exports? The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices.

3 People attack the Rwanda Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 28, 2025, in protest over the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels' advances into the eastern capital Goma.

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dutch brewer said on Friday.

About 1 a.m. on May 19, 2024, "a large bus with armed men" pulled up to a hotel in southwest Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where Christian Malanga was staying, court documents say.