The Latest Breaking News from Congo

For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment

After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies

Three years after Ugandan troops crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebels linked to the Islamic State, their mission has yielded mixed results, with accusations that Kampala is secretly supporting another Congolese rebel group raising questions about its motives.

The World Health Organization said Friday it deployed experts to investigate a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people in southwest Congo

Health officials in Africa monitor a mysterious flu-like disease in Congo with 71 deaths. Symptoms include fever, headache, and cough.

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people

. Health officials, including those from the WHO, are investing the mysterious illness with flu-like symptoms that killed dozens of people in southwest Congo.

Flu-like disease outbreak in Congo raises concerns with dozens of deaths reported. Epidemiological experts dispatched to investigate and contain the illness.

Congolese authorities say extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl, in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others

Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group has resumed in eastern Congo ahead of potential mediation talks

President Joe Biden has arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa to the cheers of thousands in Angola