BUKAVU, Congo—The World Health Organization last month declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Congo a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” This is only the fifth time in ...

The latest outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic virus Ebola has claimed more than 1,800 lives in Congo and been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health ...

The government of the Republic of Congo launched a program aimed at consolidating peace and promoting economic and social development. The objectives included improvement of governance and ...

Congo’s natural resources include vast forest areas and deposits of gas and oil; but when we met, Father Muhigirwa spoke mainly of minerals. “Congo is especially rich in copper, gold, cobalt ...

Congo’s vast resources have largely been of little benefit to the people. The country ranked 179 out of 191 in the 2021 Human Development Index, ... Many people live below the poverty line.

Advocates believe it's a model that can be successful throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo and beyond to electrify places where conflict and poverty have left people behind, using renewable ...

Millions of Congolese have fled from a nation of incomprehensible violence and poverty amid an amazing wealth of natural resources that are at the root of those problems. What should Missoula be ...

Jason Horowitz, based in Rome, flew on the papal plane with Francis to Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and will travel with the pope throughout his trip in Africa.

Congo’s sole goal for the auction, he said, is to earn enough revenue to help the struggling nation finance programs to reduce poverty and generate badly needed economic growth.