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 ...

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.

The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of the Catholic Church.

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 ...

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.

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon — A leading Catholic priest and academic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has bemoaned worsening poverty despite the enormous natural resources found in a country almost ...

The Imaginary Tree that Hides a Forest Despite being nearly 80 times smaller than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda is often blamed for the instability and poverty that characterize ...

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

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 ...

Congo faces low and declining labor productivity compared to peer countries, restricting economic growth. The decline in labor productivity is driving a drop in per capita income and rise in poverty.