We map out the Second Congo War, often called Africa’s World War, using Google Earth to trace the movements of armies and ...

From the daily newsletter: despite the President’s claim of diplomatic triumph, the conflict in Congo is complex.

First came the floods, then the fire. As he officially opened COP30, Brazil’s president, Lula Inacio da Silva said that by ...

Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being  a ...

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A military official reports that an attack on a village in western Congo has left 14 people dead. The violence, linked to land ownership disputes between rival communities, occurred early ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws ...

When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...

Judex Tshipanda, who also attended the commemoration, credited the Rumble of the Jungle as the reason Congo has consistently produced boxing talent since 1974. He can still give a detailed account of ...

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled... 50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in ...