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Democratic Republic of Congo

After 52-year absence, Democratic Republic of the Congo returns to World Cup
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Rebel groups committing summary executions and sexual violence in eastern DRC
6:09
Conflict & Justice
US brokers peace deal between DRC and Rwanda
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Goma residents pick up the pieces following city’s capture by M23 rebels
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Rebel group advances on eastern Congo’s largest city
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Rebels gain ground in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Music from 1974’s Rumble in the Jungle match
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Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of Patrice Lumumba, speaks during a ceremony to return the remains of her father to the family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels
Justice
Return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains to DR Congo gives ‘peace of mind,’ UN envoy says
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
Sample portions of chicken and kale stew over rice
Food
Maine’s largest school district serves up African-inspired dishes to get more students excited about school lunch
A forensics officer secures the scene of a blast next to the central police station in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. 
Violence
Twin suicide bombings kill at least 3 people in Uganda
The World Health Organization (WHO) sign at its headquarters.
Human rights
Sexual abuse during humanitarian operations still happens. What must be done to end it?
A person wearing blue gloves presents a vial of an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dose
Justice
Charges dropped against Congolese Canadian doctor accused of starting COVID outbreak
Dozens of cars are shown from behind packed into a road trying to drive out of Goma with houses on either side.
Natural disasters
Thousands evacuate Congo’s Goma amid renewed volcano threat
In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2012, one of the few remaining miners digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo. 
Critical State
Rebels with a business cause: Part II
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
In this March 26, 2020, file photo, a boy wears a mask as a preventative measure against the spread of the coronavirus, as he navigates floodwaters mixed with garbage following heavy rains, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya.
The Big Fix
‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya shares Christmas message
The World Food Program's flag flutters on the roof of WFP headquaters after the organization won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 9, 2020.
Top of The World
World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize; Moscow talks aim for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire; China joins COVAX alliance
An African man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt sings at the piano into a microphone
Coronavirus Art
A new study on coronavirus songs in Africa looks at the impact of music with a message
A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2019.
COVID-19
Trump’s WHO funding cut harms ‘fragile’ health systems, organization’s Africa head says
Several children and their parents are shown standing in a line spaced away from each other with a long wooden bench along side.
Top of The World
Denmark reopens schools as experts advise caution globally; IMF warns of second Great Depression; Racing to develop a drug to fight COVID-19
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is shown walking amongst a group of people and wearing a green dress and khaki jacket while speaking on the phone.
Top of The World
Coronavirus highlights need for rescue packages; Devastating measles epidemic overshadowed by COVID-19; US launches strikes against Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq
Okyeame Ampadu, an 80-year-old farmer in the Volta Region of Ghana
Growing Food, Sowing Trouble
Africa’s producing more fertilizer, but it’s still not getting to all farmers
We see a close up of a man, who visits the new MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Health & Medicine
Scientists say Ebola is no longer incurable
A man and woman hug as a child and another woman look on
Identity
A DNA test connected two distant cousins — and filled out a family history that slavery erased
Congolese man in blue suit holds a basketball
Health & Medicine
Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is on a mission to beat Ebola in DR Congo
Pierre Mambele
Obituary
The man behind the wheel of Congo’s news
Two medical staff wear face masks at hospital.
Health & Medicine
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to neighboring Uganda, activating rapid preparedness response
People form a line like a snake on the bed of a dry riverbed
‘Congo Tales’ book dramatizes myths from Mbomo people
Felix Tshisekedi is shown in a white shirt shaking hands with a suppoert in the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congo presidential loser’s supporters cry foul after surprise result
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
Alex Bukasa, a Congolese asylum-seeker and former journalist, poses in front of the White House.
Immigration
Last in, first out: Policy change moves longtime US asylum-seekers to back of the line
Trump and Putin shake hands.
Global Politics
10 defining global security questions of 2018
This is a combined composition with two portraits: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad on the left and Denis Mukwege on the right.
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence
Congolese artist Bob Elvis
Music
As Congolese elections near, political art is becoming more dangerous. Just ask Bob Elvis.
Congolese officials wear haz-mat suits in the DRC
Health & Medicine
Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo
Modeda Isambaboza sniffing tobacco
Sniffing tobacco addiction increasing in Democratic Republic of the Congo
french soccer players at the world cup
Sports
French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup
homes in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Conflict
Taxes or violence? Armed group in DRC forces one village to choose
ebola
Health & Medicine
In ebola outbreak, an experimental vaccine is put to the test
Congolese Collective KOKOKO! in yellow jumpsuits
Arts
KOKOKO! makes experimental afropop with found objects
elephants
Global Politics
Report: African wildlife threatened by militia poaching
Inside the virtual reality exhibition The Enemy, an Israeli soldier and Palestinian fighter stand on opposite sides of the room
Arts
Can virtual reality change how people respond to war reporting? One photojournalist is trying to find out.
Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine
Music
The missing tracks from the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.
Conflict
Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS
Tropical forest Indonesia
Environment
Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks
A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.
Conflict
Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa
Birth control pills
Global Politics
Trump’s ‘global gag rule on steroids’ threatens Congolese clinics
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
Gold mining DRC
Justice
Catholic bishops outraged by Congress’ repeal of an anti-corruption measure that could support child labor
A mother and child in the Bulengo internally displaced persons camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Conflict
Photos: Life for the internally displaced women of Congo
Fally Ipupa is shown live in New York on Labor Day 2015.
Arts
Surviving the pop apocalypse: A lesson from Congolese pop music
United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda
Inga 1 dam
Environment
Congo pushes for a mega-dam project, with no environmental impact studies
Militant Islamist fighters from the self-named Islamic State take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province.
Business
Why you should worry about where your oil (and gas) comes from
A watch from Fonderie 47.
Conflict
How old guns are turned into beautiful new jewelry
Virunga rangers illegal fishing
Development
What it’s like to be married to the men doing ‘the most dangerous conservation job in the world’
Class instructor Chioma Woko preparing braised cabbage.
Culture
Forget the latest diet fad — here’s a class that teaches how to eat better with traditional African dishes
Mark Robinson traveled with a team from the Goma Observatory to set up monitoring equipment. He was in the volcano just days before it sprung back to life.
Environment
One of Africa’s most active volcanoes is showing new signs of life
Ranger with gorillas
Business
The fight is on to end poaching in Africa’s Virunga National Park