Every morning, a procession of villagers make their way from Dikwa, a town in northeastern Nigeria to farmlands, often ...

On June 27, the foreign ministers of the DRC and Rwanda are set to sign the Critical Minerals for Security and Peace Deal in Washington, DC. This long-awaited peace deal aims to calm the conflict in ...

A treaty between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes as the United States tries to reassert its role as a global mediator under President Donald Trump. But it leaves many unanswered ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced people, Paula Gaviria, said Monday that the resolution of the internal displacement crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

As one woman in the DRC told me, "What we need is peace. The rest we can build." Ending hunger requires more than aid—it requires courage and political will to bring peace.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and cuts to WFP funding.

Even though DRC has struggled with violence and hunger for decades, this year a group called M23 captured two big Congolese cities.

Even though DRC has struggled with violence and hunger for decades, this year a group called M23 captured two big Congolese cities. Civilians in eastern Congo are now cut off from electricity, food ...