Sen. Jason Pizzo, the Senate Democratic leader, announced that he is switching his party registration to no-party affiliation.

North Dakota has become the first state to enact a law that could shield the maker of the popular Roundup brand of weedkiller ...

At least 10 people have died following the collapse of an artisanal gold mine in rebel-controlled eastern Congo. The disaster ...

Peace talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in ...

Authorities say an artisanal gold mine collapse in a rebel-controlled territory in eastern Congo killed at least 10 people ...

On the evening of 18 April, an Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse was shot dead in his home in ...

The Congolese government can ban former President Joseph Kabila's party, but peace in the country’s east will only come when Kinshasa addresses the threat to Rwanda from the genocidal militia, FDLR, ...

The M23-led rebel alliance and the Congolese authorities have agreed to work towards peace and halt fighting in eastern DRC, ...

Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the March 23 Movement (M23) in Qatar’s capital, Doha, have taken a positive step after each party agreed to work towards ending the conflict.

The truce, declared late on Wednesday after a round of negotiations in Qatar’s capital Doha, has raised hopes that the latest ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the M23 group on Wednesday issued a landmark joint statement saying they ...

A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says ...