A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel ...

Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are demanding justice following the massacre perpetrated by a group linked to the Islamic State on July 26-27.

South Sudan is experiencing its most severe surge in violence since the signing of the peace agreement and end of its civil ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has not received an invitation to peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – a term ...

When embarking on a tour of Africa in 1960, jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong's show in the Congo formed a strange footnote in ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee, taking a ...

In Congo, more than 7 million people are internally displaced, including over 5 million in the eastern regions.

Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday agreed on an outline for the regional economic integration framework, according to the U.S. State Department, as the two countries take steps ...

Neighbours agree on terms of economic cooperation in several areas, including energy and mineral supply chains.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned the escalation in deadly attacks by the Rwandan-backed M23 and other armed groups against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...