Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group ...

RWANDA has the best economy in Africa and receives over US$1 billion international grants every year from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). But wait until ...

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.

Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...