Nevertheless, over the course of the previous year, the pair had fashioned themselves into two of the least likely soldiers ...

Three envoys went to Congo with a quid pro quo offer from Washington. The venture ended with them fleeing the country two ...

A businessman, a former US official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in Kinshasa. Two days later, they fled the country ...

He didn’t govern a colony—he owned it. Under Leopold II, the Congo became a private empire built on violence and greed.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo - "I wanted three children," Ombeni Mburano, 31, told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. "I've already had five, and the sixth is ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

One of the most frequently discussed budget items in the United States is the amount the country spends on foreign assistance ...

The governments of Rwanda and DR Congo on Friday, June 27, 2025, signed a peace agreement, which resulted from months of United States-mediated negotiations to bring peace to DR Congo and the Great ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S.

Ending USAID could lead to the deaths of 14 million people over the next five years, an analysis from a medical journal predicts.

DAKAR, Senegal — U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” at ...

In an incredible development, the president celebrated a peace deal between the two nations, which could end the decades-long ...