He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense ...

The mission to bring peace to eastern Congo, however, is far from accomplished. The recent past is littered with broken ...

In this particular case, the ICRC was approached by several actors – notably the DRC’s ministry of defence and veterans, ...

On 23 April, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared their ...

Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, killing some 30 people and destroying homes and roads.

Father Camille Esika, rector of Notre Dame du Congo Parish in Kinshasa, fondly remembered Pope Francis' 2023 visit to the ...

Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit ...

In an escalation of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle over Congo's vast mineral resources, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, eastern ...

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

Trump and VP Vance pause near Oval Office after honoring 2025 College Football champs Ohio State at White House.