This is where the Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has erupted in the middle of a grinding conflict that ...

From 1998 to 2003, the Second Congo War raged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It involved nine African nations and became one of the largest wars in African history. The war began about a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted ...

Goma's streets bustle with vendors and foot traffic, an almost surreal normalcy in a city that changed hands violently just over a year ago. But walk a block further and the signs of rupture are ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June. But residents, ...

More than 200 health centers in eastern Congo are running out of essential medicine due to ongoing fighting and a lack of humanitarian aid, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned.

Over 7,000 dead. Hundreds raped. Displaced people’s camps flattened. City centers looted. Prisons set ablaze. Businesses bankrupted. Nearly 5 million people on the move. The latest conflict in the ...

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