Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Google renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for U.S.-based users of Google Maps. Mexico's President Claudia ...

The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of ...

Meta warns about scammers who reach out via unsolicited messages on its apps and other social media platforms, as well as by ...

International aid and development work funded by the U.S. government has almost entirely come to a halt, leaders in ...

A UN expert report last July said Rwanda had around 4,000 troops in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing Kigali ... health emergency", warned the African Union's public health ...

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 ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... [PAUL KANE / GETTY IMAGES] This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph Boakai's state ...