Female bonobos linked up even when they didn’t have close ties, supporting one another against the males and cementing their ...

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board. The wooden ...

The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country's east including the M23 rebels have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in Qatar, a joint ...

The three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life ...

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has returned to Congo after two years of self-imposed exile abroad Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, accused by the government of supporting rebels ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three American citizens who had been sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sent back to the United ...

Heavy downpours flooded and submerged parts of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, over the weekend, destroying roads, inundating homes and killing about 30 people, according ...

Officials say the death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing KINSHASA, Congo -- The death toll from a boat fire ...