A new species of fish, Lacustricola gemma, or the gem lampeye fish, was discovered in a shrinking pond in the Democratic ...

I received the call that changed the course of my public life: I had been appointed Commissioner of the Township of Congo Town. What began with the celebration soon transitioned into a demanding ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and recently beatified by the Vatican were transferred from a public cemetery to a cathedral in Congo’s eastern city of ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been ...

A US-brokered peace deal aims to end Congo’s long war, but with rebels absent from the ...

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.

Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels’ recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali’s access ...

Fierce fighting in Congo has left a major urban center on the brink, with rebel advances threatening to cut off vital supply ...

Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an ...

It's a big weekend for New Orleans. The annual ESSENCE Festival visits the city once again, and July 4 fireworks will light ...