Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint agreement a rare bright spot in the conflict. By Ruth Maclean The ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three American citizens who had been sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sent back to the United ...

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP] Published On 26 Apr 202526 Apr 2025 Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have agreed to draft a peace deal by May 2, committing to respect each ...

Congo and Rwanda plan to sign an agreement in Washington on Friday to promote peace and economic development, sources told Reuters, part of a diplomatic push to end violence after an advance by ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country's east including the M23 rebels have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in Qatar, a joint ...

Heavy downpours flooded and submerged parts of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, over the weekend, destroying roads, inundating homes and killing about 30 people, according ...

A fire on a motorized wooden boat in DR Congo has claimed many lives, but officials say the death toll is far lower than the previously reported 148 people. A boat fire in the Democratic Republic ...

The three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life ...

(Reuters) - Congo and Rwanda vowed to come up with a draft peace deal by May 2 and refrain from providing military support to armed groups, according to an agreement signed in Washington on Friday ...

GOMA, Congo — An artisanal gold mine collapsed in a rebel-controlled territory in eastern Congo, killing at least 10 people, authorities said Thursday. The collapse at the Luhihi mine in Kabare ...

Three decades of observations in Congo — the only place the endangered bonobos are found in the wild — lend support to the idea of a sisterhood where female bonobos band together to assert ...

Three United States citizens initially sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a botched coup attempt have been repatriated after Kinshasa commuted their death sentences ...