East African Community ministers of foreign affairs and defence on Saturday, March 15, underscored the urgent need for a unified regional approach, reinforcing the role of strategic partnerships in ...

The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

Africa was shocked by the news of his passing while undergoing medical treatment, leaving a leadership vacuum at the WHO ...

Since January, the M23 rebel movement has seized Goma and Bukavu — two key cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — and since set up to govern for the long term in the regions under its ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players, authorities said Monday.

Albert Pujols will manage the Dominican Republic national team in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Rising from a successful player and manager stint with Los Leones del Escogido, he has assembled ...

BASANKUSU, Congo — Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what may be behind a surge of illnesses that has surpassed 1,000 ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group ...

The illness first appeared on Jan. 21 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 431 recorded cases and over 50 deaths as of 10 days ago. It has now spread across remote villages near the equator ...

The outbreak began on 21 January and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths. A mysterious illness has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), sparking serious concerns ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick. The outbreaks in two distant villages ...