KINSHASA, Congo — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, telling lawmakers Wednesday on his first official trip to ...

The Congo Basin is the largest region of tropical peatland in the world, home to around 80 million people, and the only tropical rainforest on Earth still able to absorb more CO2 than it emits.

Congo's president is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone The results of the Dec. 20 election were announced amid calls from the ... About 18 million people voted in the ...

In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival is a daily struggle in the conflict-ridden region.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, millions of people head to the polls today to elect their next president. The incumbent, Felix Tshisekedi, is seeking a second term.

Some Congolese people began wondering why they had come to the U.S. if their children could be killed here, too, Mukalay said. “As a refugee from Congo, ...

Pope Francis held a mass in the Congo for 1 million people. via REUTERS. The intimate encounter at the Vatican Embassy in Kinshasa was an extraordinary moment of a pastor seeking to console his ...

If Congolese people in the United States are forced to return to the DRC, they will be confronted with widespread human rights abuses and war crimes. This is not acceptable.

A nun holds Congo's national flag as people wait for Pope Francis' celebration of Mass at Ndolo airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Feb. 1, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ...

People fleeing fighting this month passed an election poster for Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, in Saké. Parts of eastern Congo are so unstable that voting has been canceled there. Image ...

All politics are local. The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), although geographically distant, are culturally and historically close: About one in four African Americans who were ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control ...