A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild. Scientists have long wondered why bonobos live in ...

M23 has staged an unprecedented advance since January, seizing eastern Congo's two largest cities in an assault that has killed thousands and raised fears of a wider regional war. The latest peace ...

Children including toddlers represent more than a third of victims in nearly 10,000 cases of rape and other forms of sexual ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

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Rwandan-backed rebels have seized control of vast parts of eastern Congo and are now threatening to push westward into two neighboring provinces, according to the U.N.'s top official in the ...

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The mayor of the DR Congo town near where a boat caught fire earlier this week told AFP on Saturday that at least 33 people had died in the disaster, significantly fewer than previously reported.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country’s ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government said it has suspended the political party of former president Joseph Kabila, days after his properties were raided by security services. “This ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended the political party of former President Joseph Kabila and ordered the seizure of his assets, accusing the 53-year-old of high treason over ...