New Orleans marks Juneteenth with weighty, joyous festival in Congo Square Juneteenth Festival is in its sixth year in New Orleans. It featured around 70 vendors, free music and food.

After flying flags of Zaire, DR Congo's name under ex-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko who was overthrown in 1997, the group of men then filmed themselves proclaiming the end of the regime.

A mysterious new illness in Congo has experts on high alert as WHO reports over 400 cases and 45 deaths. With no clear cause, authorities race to prevent a larger outbreak. Written by: Rida Hijab ...

The M23's origins are tied to these tensions - it is the latest incarnation of a rebel group that says it is fighting for the interests of the minority Tutsi community in eastern DR Congo. Its ...

Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve, according to Congo’s mining code. Issa Aboubacar, a spokesperson for the Chinese company, Kimia Mining Investment, said the group ...

The surrounding imagery suggested he was in his office, with the Democratic Republic of Congo flag to his right and the official portrait of then-president Joseph Kabila above his head. The political ...

DALLAS — Today, in 2015, the new flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Congo Airways (8Z), commenced operations. The airline was created in 2014 after the country decided to ...

Indonesia ’s nickel industry faces mounting scrutiny after being flagged by US authorities for forced labour, a designation analysts say should serve as a “wake-up call” to Jakarta as it ...

Demonstrators hold Palestinian and Congo flags during a protest outside the Apple Omotesando store on September 20, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images ...

Emmanuel Grace Mouambako, second from left, and Mireille Nganga, center, were the flag bearers for Team Congo at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Place de la ...

He gazed at a blue, gold-starred Congo flag that had, all too obviously, been hand-sewn that morning, and a Marine Corps band struck up Stars and Stripes Forever—the commission assigned to write ...