A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has fulfilled a campaign promise and has appointed Judith Suminwa Tuluka as the country's first female prime minister.

An election poster featuring President Denis Sassou N'Guesso stands over a market in central Brazzaville, Congo.

Six million have died, and more than six million are displaced after decades of fighting and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, drawing in ...

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