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King Philippe of Belgium, right, greets 100-year-old corporal Albert Kunyuku, the last surviving Congolese veteran of World War II during a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday June 8, 2022. 
Global Politics
Belgian King Philippe’s visit to DR Congo stirs hope for a ‘win-win partnership,’ historian says
Smoke rises from a processing mill at a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia
Climate Change
The world’s tropical forests can help us limit climate change — if we let them
São Sebastião Fort and Museum with statues of conquistadors São Tomé.
History
‘Born in Blackness’: A new book centers Africa in the expansive history of slavery
A lab assistant looks at an assay plate to prepare sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute that is operated by Genome Research in Cambridge, Thursday, March 4, 2021.
COVID-19
From Congo to Chile, small labs are playing a growing role in global understanding of COVID
Shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires burning outside family huts at an Mbuti pygmy hunting camp in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve outside the town of Epulu, Congo
Environment
DR Congo faces criticism over plans to open Congo rainforest to commercial logging
A hand holds up a cartoon in front of the Capitol dome of the Statue of Liberty hugging a Muslim hijabi girl.
Refugees
Refugees stuck in limbo over Biden’s inaction to restore admissions program
A man sits while getting his temperature checked.
Health & Medicine
‘No place for complacency’ as Ebola detected in eastern DR Congo
Pierre Mambele
Obituary
The man behind the wheel of Congo’s news
workers carrying coffin of a victim of ebola
Health & Medicine
Deadly Ebola outbreak contained within Congo
Five people are painted with a light green paint and post together. Another man is on his knees with bananas.
Excerpt: ‘The Mole and the Sun’ from ‘Congo Tales’
a man without shoes, sits on a big pile of papers while he examines voting materials
What DRC’s flawed election means for emerging democratic culture in Africa
Trump and Putin shake hands.
Global Politics
10 defining global security questions of 2018
A crowd of people are packed around a black car as a politician waves from an open door
Global Politics
Congo seeks first democratic transfer of power in presidential election
A doctor cares for a patient wearing protective clothing inside an isolate cube at a treatment center
Health & Medicine
Congo braces for an Ebola outbreak that may last several months, WHO predicts
Arts, Culture & Media
Novelist Emmanuel Dongala on Exile
Arts, Culture & Media
Emmanuel Dongala
Artisanal gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use their hands and crude tools to find and extract gold.
Jobs
Tracing conflict gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Portrait of man sitting on sofa
Economics
For refugees in Seattle, rising rents mean the search for home isn’t over
Congolese police on patrol in Kinshasa, Monday
Global Politics
Chaos in Congo after elections are postponed
Papa Wemba on stage in Copenhagen, 2010.
Music
Was the great African pop star Papa Wemba really a smuggler?
Invisible Children, creators of Kony 2012, say they've learned a lot over the past two years.
Conflict & Justice
The producers of Kony 2012 say they’ve learned their lesson, but critics aren’t so sure
Conflict & Justice
Part II: Responding to the crisis
Housing for patients at Panzi hospital.
Conflict & Justice
Part I: Healing the victims
Boloji
Arts, Culture & Media
Congolese singer Baloji aims to change his country through music
Congolese singer Tabu Ley Rochereau performs on stage at Afrika Festival on June 28, 2003 in Hertme, Netherlands.
Arts, Culture & Media
Tabu Ley is the man who brought us Congolese soukous music
With heavy guns still smoking, residents of the town of Bunagana, celebrate the routing of M-23 rebels by the Congolese army.
Conflict & Justice
A photographer in Congo witnessed the moment when the guns fell silent
Report: Illegally Mined Conflict Minerals in Everyday Consumer Products
Conflict & Justice
Refugees and undocumented immigrants find common ground on soccer pitch
Business, Economics and Jobs
Asian market in Missouri becomes hub of many different immigrant communities
Arts, Culture & Media
Congolese band, made famous in 2009, begins U.S. tour
Haiti on brink of becoming latest member of African Union
New monkey species discovered in Africa, but future may be in doubt
VIDEO: Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years in prison
Arts, Culture & Media
New documentary seeks an end to AIDS in black America
Environment
Cryptozoologist explains his studies of mysterious creatures — like the Loch Ness Monster
VIDEO: A sanctuary in the Congo takes in orphaned chimpanzees
Erupting volcano in Africa provides sight-seeing opportunity for tourists
Development & Education
South Africa tightens security for the World Cup
Arts, Culture & Media
Best global music of 2009
Health & Medicine
New AIDS policy for South African military
Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names
Arts, Culture & Media
Rule-breaking play wins Pulitzer Prize
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan musician to perform at inaugural gala
Development & Education
Good news from Africa
Congo crisis spotlights UN weaknesses
Rape as a weapon of war
Preserving the Congo Basin’s Trees, Part 1
Conflict & Justice
Congo’s Notorious ‘Terminator’ Bosco Ntaganda Appears Before ICC
Conflict & Justice
Finding Common Ground on the Soccer Field
Global Politics
Congo: A Journey Through Goma’s ‘No Man’s Land’
Global Politics
Congo Rebels Seize Key City of Goma
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
Business, Economics and Jobs
Patient ‘Imprisoned’ at Kinshasa Hospital
Arts, Culture & Media
Rumba-Rooted Band Staff Benda Bilili Wows Audience on First US Tour
Environment
New Monkey Species Found in Central Africa
Conflict & Justice
The Terrible World of ‘Artisanal’ Mining
Global Politics
New Crisis in Congo
Conflict & Justice
ICC Finds Congo Warlord Thomas Lubanga Guilty
Global Politics
Danger After Congo Explosion Not Over