The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) bear heavy burdens. Their resource-rich country is one of the five poorest in the world. Profound insecurity characterizes the country’s east ...

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 ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as elsewhere in the world, the ICRC works according to its principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence. Its role is to protect the lives and ...

Gaskins excels in placing the trials in multiple contexts, deftly showing how the prosecutorial and human rights narratives of atrocity fit poorly with the realities of politics and violence in ...

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 intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear ...

All of Nzigire Kanigo's children have contracted mpox, including two-year-old Ansima Children in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are worst-affected by the current outbreak of mpox ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the worst conflict-affected countries to be a child. Today, the number of people in the DRC facing extreme hunger is among the highest in the world.

Two recent crashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have raised serious concerns about air safety there. The most recent was earlier in November, when a plane crashed into houses in the eastern ...

India’s Soleos Energy, in partnership with Melci Holdings, has started building a 200 MW solar plant in the DRC. The project cost has been estimated at $200 million. Soleos Energy is a solar ...

GOMA, Congo — For Nelly Shukuru, there was no way out. The fighting that forced her from her home, the squalid conditions in the displacement camp in eastern Congo, the hunger, all felt inescapable.

Aug. 4 at 5:00 p.m. Correspondent Katharine Houreld and photographer Arlette Bashizi traveled together across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three ...