Measuring roughly 4,700 kilometers (2,920 miles), the Congo River courses through the heart of Africa, winding through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries. Its dense ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

The nation of Congo has been wracked by conflict with more than 100 armed groups, the most potent backed by Rwanda, that have ...

Congo and Rwanda are not formally at war and in the past had held peace talks that have largely stalled, including those hosted by Qatar. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance, a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement on June 27 in Washington that aims to end fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.

Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025 Emergency officials were able to move a freighter that was stuck at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in the East Bank of the Flats.

However, it is unclear whether the Congo River Alliance — a coalition of rebel groups that includes the M23 — will adhere to it. The Democratic Republic of Congo is hoping to secure peace and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27, a joint press release from the nations and the U.S. State Department said Wednesday. Both countries have ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said ...

Congo and Rwanda are not formally at war and in the past had held peace talks that have largely stalled, including those hosted by Qatar. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance, a ...