Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in the country, leaving the Congolese people with nothing.

America declared last month that it would provide an additional $414 million in humanitarian aid to the embattled Democratic ...

"This is an important book that provides the first scholarly study of the impact that the acquisition of the Congo had on Belgium. It is an important contribution to the history of European ...

The Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), located in Central Africa, covers 342,000 km 2. Its population of 6.1 million people is largely young, with 47% being under age 18. More than half of the ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst in the country's history, the health ministry says. Almost 200 people have died since August, officials say ...

The perilous convergence of local, regional, and global interests, rendering peace in eastern Congo not merely elusive.