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 ...

Demonstrators carry a poster honoring the Democratic Republic of Congo armed forces during a protest in Goma, June 15, 2022. Several thousand people demonstrated to denounce "Rwandan aggression." ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

“Elon Musk has left Washington, but he leaves a legacy of suffering because Trump let him dismantle USAID, which did enormous ...

President Trump speaks as from left, Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong ...

A US-brokered peace deal aims to end Congo’s long war, but with rebels absent from the talks, many doubt whether signatures alone can bring real change.

Residents listen to Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) approved on ...