In the remote village of Chegera, near Bukavu, at least 26 women were raped as Congolese troops and their allies retreated in ...

French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple subsidiaries of using conflict ...

As the clock winds down to the highly anticipated Bongo Star Search (BSS) Season 15 grand finale this Friday, February 28, ...

The M23 rebels' rapid advance is the latest chapter in eastern DR Congo's long history of instability. DW breaks down the key factors behind the ongoing turmoil.

Nearly half of those who died did so within hours after they felt sick, and health officials still do not know the cause or ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that a deadly mystery illness is spreading in the Democratic Republic of ...

Comfort Ero, President of the International Crisis Group, talks to Bianna Golodryga about what’s driving the deadly crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told ...

The First Congo War, also known as Africa’s First World War, took place from October 1996 till May 1997. It involved multiple ...

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 ...

That’s because all those items rely on cobalt as a key component for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that make them ...