If deforestation and forest degradation continue unchecked, at least 27 percent of the undisturbed rainforests in the Congo Basin that existed in 2020 will be lost by 2050.

The unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, part of a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide, has ...

The Republic of the Congo is a precious land, home to the heart of the world’s second-largest rainforest, the Congo Basin — ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

The bout is now popularly called the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. Mohammed Ali, the self-styled “Greatest” who won this contest, used the victory as a springboard to rise in ratings and become a global ...

The armed group is at the centre of a new surge in conflict in eastern DR Congo, having taken the key cities of Goma and Bukavu. The DR Congo ministry statement said Mr. Kabila has maintained an ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended the political party of former President Joseph Kabila. The move comes amid rising political tensions and allegations of undermining state authority.

Kabila led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was just 29 at the time. An interior ministry statement said all activities of ...

More than 200 passengers were crowded onto a wooden boat on the Congo River in northwest DRC on Tuesday when the blaze broke out, said the mayor of Mbandaka, Yves Balo. "We count 195 who have ...