"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry says, after an unidentified disease outbreak started killing mainly women and children in a remote region.

Congo had reinstated the death penalty last year, lifting a more than two-decade-old moratorium, as authorities struggle to curb violence and militant attacks. Family members last year said the ...

The three Americans were charged by the U.S. Justice Department Wednesday with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing Congo. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gov.

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to end fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.

A strain of the infectious disease, different from the one circulating in the U.S., hit Congo hard in 2024. The country has had approximately 9,900 confirmed mpox cases and 45,800 suspected cases ...

Congolese negotiators have dropped a demand that Rwandan troops immediately leave eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, paving the way for a U.S.-brokered peace agreement to be signed between the ...

Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health Organization said Friday.

The new U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, held a genial call with Congo’s president and a tense one with Rwanda’s, in which he said he was “deeply troubled” by the escalation.

Congo sends 3 Americans convicted of botched coup attempt to US after facing death sentences By Associated Press Published April 9, 2025, 8:36 a.m. ET ...