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 ...

A delay to the start of the talks risks scuppering an ambitious pledge by the two sides to end the fighting in eastern Congo ...

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

The sponsorship ensures the central African nation's logo of "DRC, coeur de l'Afrique" will appear on the back of all Barca ...

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 held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee on Thursday, taking a step ...

Pope Leo and the U.N. condemned the attack by Islamic State-linked extremists that killed 49 Christians in a church in the ...

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 ...

Islamic-backed rebels reportedly killed at least 43 people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including raiding a ...

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.