Democratic Republic of the Congo News

More than a dozen advocacy groups urged the first U.S. special representative to Africa's war-torn Great Lakes region on Wednesday to push for democracy and good governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Shops belonging to Asians were targeted in a protest in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the arrest of Congolese students in India.

According to the UNHCR's latest global trends report, we are currently in the midst of the worst global refugee crisis in 20 years, with over 45 million currently displaced people recorded.

Once the leafy art-deco jewel of the Belgian Congo and later the buzzing cultural heart of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaire, Kinshasa has become a playground for violent gangs sowing fear and transforming swathes of the city into "no-go" zones.

Developed world mining and energy companies operating in Africa should pay more taxes to help the world's poorest continent climb out of poverty, the president of the African Development Bank said on Sunday.

The number of people who have been forcibly displaced by war and other crises worldwide has risen to its highest level for almost two decades, hitting 45.2 million, according to the UN's refugee agency.

A VEIL of tight security has been thrown over the deployment of more than 1000 heavily armed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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I'm happy to spend just a few minutes with you today and I apologize that I have to run over to the White House quickly after this, but I wanted to be able to focus personally on an important addition to our team here at the State Department; an individual who is going to provide, I believe, a very important focus on a long-troubled region.

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region.

Research into violence against sex workers will gain added scope, thanks to the support a Concordia alumna has received from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.

Located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , Virunga is Africa's oldest national park, is one of the continent's first World Heritage Sites and is home to more species than any other place in the continent.

President Obama's upcoming trip to Tanzania may have more to do with Rwanda than meets the eye.

The Nile Cooperative Framework Agreement will give legal backing to the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam , an expert at the Ministry of Water and Energy said.

The evolving nature and tactics of conflict are creating unprecedented threats for children, United Nations officials told the Security Council today, stressing that despite progress in protecting youngsters during war, dangerous new trends are making them even more vulnerable.

Against the backdrop of a prolonged slump that has brought financial paralysis to much of the Western world, experts have identified Africa as having many of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Authorities in Burundi have been holding a journalist since Thursday on broad allegations of breaching national security, according to news reports.

Children stand on the road outside the village of Tenke, in Congo's copper-producing Katanga province.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are accusing the government of refusing to negotiate at peace talks in Kampala, Uganda.

A Russian made Antonov cargo suspected to be carrying weapons from Ukraine to restive Democratic Republic of Congo was detained during a stopover for crew rest at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano on Saturday night.