Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma since the eastern city's capture in January are being transferred to Kinshasa, the International ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

In Zambia, truck drivers and sex workers have high rates of being HIV positive —- and are at high risk of contracting the ...

For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that ...

Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to ...

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint ...

Authorities say an artisanal gold mine collapse in a rebel-controlled territory in eastern Congo killed at least 10 people.

Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Three decades of ...