Congo

The United Nations human rights office has accused both Congo’s armed forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of committing widespread atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including gang …

The Republic of Congo has awarded French energy major Total a new offshore exploration permit as the country seeks to boost crude output. TotalEnergies’ Congo subsidiary will operate the Nzombo …

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s public prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia on charges of treason, war crimes, and …

Nigeria’s Super Eagles B ended their 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign with a 2-0 victory over Congo in their final Group D match on Tuesday at the Benjamin Mkapa …

Fresh negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel movement have opened in Doha, as mediators push for a breakthrough in efforts to end years of …

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a landmark peace agreement aimed at ending decades of deadly conflict in eastern Congo. The deal, brokered by the United States …

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract …

Lassy Mbouity, the prominent opposition figure and presidential hopeful for Congo’s March 2026 elections, was abducted last Sunday in Brazzaville by masked, armed men, just days after narrowly surviving an …

Congolese authorities said Saturday they had suspended the party of former President Joseph Kabila. An Interior ministry statement justifying the ban on the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) …

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said Friday, warning that existing …