The Congolese government has reshuffled its cabinet to include opposition members, aiming to build support in regions it ...

Dozens of people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a church in eastern Congo by a rebel group linked to the Islamic State ...

The DRC unveils a new inclusive government amid escalating security tensions in the country’s volatile eastern region.

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 Catholic Church has always played a role in Congo, especially in promoting democracy and human rights. John Paul II visited Congo, then known as Zaire, in 1980 and returned in 1985. Mr.

DR Congo is a vast country with immense economic resources and, until recently, has been at the centre of what some observers call "Africa's world war", with widespread civilian suffering the result.

M23 briefly occupied Goma in 2012, but its forces mostly withdrew from Congo following international pressure, including on Rwanda’s leadership, and reinforcement of the U.N. peacekeeping mission.

Billions of dollars are being siphoned out of the country while billions in humanitarian and peacekeeping assistance are coming in to clean up the mess. Congo has evolved into a true looting machine.

The Catholic Church in Congo, one of the few national institutions which is viewed favorably by the Congolese people, said Tuesday that at least 3,383 people had been killed so far in the conflict.

1969 - Country changes its name to the People's Republic of the Congo; Africa's first Marxist-Leninist state.

During the two Congo wars, from 1996-2003 the country was at the centre of what some observers call "Africa's world war", with widespread civilian suffering. The war claimed an up to six million ...