In 1964, Belgian paratroopers supported by U.S. aircraft launched a desperate airborne assault on Stanleyville in the Congo.

Ninety-one years ago, on the shores of Lake Bangweolo, not far from the Congo, the heart of David Livingstone was “laid beneath the soil of Africa and there, dust unto dust, it mingles with the mould ...

Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new deals aimed at ending years of ...

A tragic accident shook southeastern Congo on Saturday when a bridge collapsed at a semi-industrial copper mine, killing 30 people, Reuters reported. The incident took place at the Kalando mining site ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo.

DAKAR, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will lift its ban on cobalt exports from October 16 and manage global supply by imposing annual export quotas, the country’s strategic ...

The Congolese army sergeant is up tight. “To you, this is just a piece of real estate called the Congo,” he snarls at his boss, a commander of mercenaries. “But to me it’s our Bunker Hill.” Bunker ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decadeslong fighting and commit to a comprehensive peace agreement that would ...

Agreement expected to be signed Saturday in Doha Key details to end fighting still need to be negotiated U.S. hosting separate talks between Rwanda and Congo July 18 (Reuters) - Congo and the M23 ...

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