Suspected Islamic State-backed rebels killed 19 civilians in an overnight attack in eastern Congo, two local officials said on Monday, deepening insecurity in the mineral-rich region.

In Mukondo, eastern Congo, suspected Islamic State-backed rebels killed 19 civilians in a night attack. The attackers, believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces, wore military-like uniforms, ...

Earlier this year, Donald Trump admitted he didn’t know “what the Congo is” – and the American President is far from alone ...

Assailants killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo on Wednesday night, a civil rights group and local committee said, blaming fighters from an Islamist militia ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced the name of Gladys the gorilla's three-week-old son. The zoo's care team ...

At least 19 civilians were killed in a nighttime raid by suspected ISIS-linked militants in North Kivu, eastern Congo, local authorities ...

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The Indian Army used a painting depicting Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria's bravery in the 1961 Congo conflict to urge the UN ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one ...

The continent’s abundant sunshine offers a vast reservoir of clean energy. While infrastructure lags behind, home solar ...

Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities ...