Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma say they are struggling on ...

The M23 rebels' rapid advance is the latest chapter in eastern DR Congo's long history of instability. And what factors were ...

This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

It has been nearly a month since M23 rebels seized control of Goma, the main city of the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since then, the rebel leaders ...

From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map.

Jane Kleeb, the chair of Nebraska's Democratic Party who first gained political notoriety as a climate activist a decade ago, won a national leadership post Sunday within the Democratic National ...

These efforts have brought immense financial as well as health benefits to the U.S. and the rest of the world. Some economists estimate that the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, created in 1988, ...

A new Interior Department Office of Inspector General report found oversight and efficiency failures at the Bureau of Indian ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...