At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

From exile abroad, Alain Mabanckou explores the legacies of French colonialism and present-day corruption in his homeland ...

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities linked ...

"Between 1 and 3 January 2025, intense clashes between the Congolese army and a non-state armed group in Masisi Centre, North ...

Dozens more people have been injured and many displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters, local sources and NGOs told AFP Wednesday ...

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame criticises the international community for looking away from the real problem causing the DRC ...

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been ...

More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said. Seventy of the convicts were ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's top cobalt supplier, is courting new mining investors from Saudi Arabia to help it diversify and curb overreliance on companies from China, Marcellin ...