Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday.

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 ...

At sunset, humid air rises and cools over the canopy, creating clouds of mist. New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest ...

Congo and UN experts say neighbouring Rwanda, ruled by a Tutsi-led government, is backing M23. In 2012, shortly after it was founded, M23 seized much of Goma.

Youngsters train at the "Muhammad Ali's head held high" boxing club in Kinshasa on June 4, 2016. The club is located at the Tata Raphaël Stadium of Kinshasa, Congo, the place where boxing's ...

50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle' By Emmet Livingstone Published October 31, 2024 at 3:15 PM CDT Listen • 2:56 ...

The Tata Raphaël Stadium, whose outside walls are covered in multicolored murals inspired by African art, has since fallen into disrepair, a victim of the poverty and mismanagement that plagues Congo, ...

50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle' EMMET LIVINGSTONE October 31, 2024 / 1:15 pm ...

It is the 20-year-old Muleketsi’s first professional fight and it's in her hometown of Goma in eastern Congo. This tournament was held over the weekend by the Nyama Boxing Club to remember ...

Senegal’s Karamba Kebe, right, wins the African boxing championship final against Congo’s Landry Matete Kankonde on Oct. 26 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between ...