The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the next stage of what could be the world’s biggest hydropower project.

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its capture by the ...

Australia’s AVZ Minerals has paused legal action over a Congo mining project as the US seeks to buy its stake and rival China’s interests.

In Congo, Chinese Hustlers Seek Relief From Pressures Back Home. For ambitious people in China, an economic slowdown and intense competition mean it’s sometimes easier to find success in African ...

A passenger boat carrying mourners to a funeral sank into a lake in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 40 people and leaving more missing, officials said on Friday. The ...

Trump says he doesn’t know what ‘the Congo’ is – that may explain why one Congo is on his travel ban and other isn’t Countries subject to the travel bans have urged Trump to reconsider ...

Joseph Kabila took control of Congo as a 29-year-old when his father, Laurent Kabila, was killed by a bodyguard. The younger Kabila then led Congo for 18 years before ultimately stepping aside to ...

Rwanda has long denied helping M23, saying its forces were acting in self-defence against Congo's army and ethnic Hutu militiamen linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed around 1 million ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo executed at least 21 civilians over two days in February in the eastern city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Tuesday.

The United States is promoting a deal that would require Rwanda to pull troops from eastern Congo before the two sides sign a peace agreement, sources say, a condition that is sure to rankle ...

DR Congo's neighbour, Rwanda has been accused of backing the rebel group, but Kigali denies this. Kabila, who has not yet been charged with any crime, ...