Congo’s artistes seized the moment. Papa Wemba, despite a 2003 scandal involving a human trafficking ring in France, staged triumphant concerts like M’Zée Fula Ngenge. Koffi Olomidé ruled the airwaves ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

We have been deceived—again and again—into believing that U.S. democracy was born as a noble product of collective will. The ...

Funding cuts to international aid organizations mean that medical assistance has dried up for vulnerable people affected by conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As the M23 rebels ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest nation in sub-Saharan Africa, with a rapidly growing population of more than 100 million. The DRC is endowed with exceptional natural ...

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a ...