“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.” — Nelson Mandela ...

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.

Claude Sumata, Migradollars & Poverty Alleviation Strategy Issues in Congo (DRC), Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 29, No. 93/94, State Failure in the Congo: Perceptions & Realities (Le Congo ...

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 ...

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.

KINSHASA, Congo — Some 102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the last week, and 70 more are set to be executed, the country’s minister of justice said Sunday in a statement to ...

Hope in the DR Congo is fueled by a recent peace deal and the impact of potentially qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said.

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.