Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for mediation in the eastern Congo ahead of two ... For 71 Days, Man Trapped On A Mountain Peak In -30°C Without Food ...

Congolese bishops said Feb. 3 they're following the situation "with great sadness and concern," offering closeness and support for local pastors and consoling those that lost loved ones.

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Imagine crossing an ocean and a continent, then climbing more than 19,000 feet above sea level and finding something from your hometown.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major ...

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

GISENYI, Rwanda—Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in ...

A senior U.N. official in the eastern Congolese city under threat from Rwandan-backed rebels said Tuesday that civilian suffering there is “truly unimaginable” and called for “urgent and ...

A Belcourt man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for physically and sexually assaulting women on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota. U.S. District Judge ...