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

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

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now face a task as mundane as it is ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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