"I call on you to prefer peace. I speak as someone who has spent 15 years in prison," says Floribert Ndjabu, a former warlord who has come to urge the men of a notorious armed group in northeast DR ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The world's first permanent war crimes court opens its second trial on Tuesday when two Congolese warlords face charges they ordered subordinates to attack civilians, rape women ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two Congolese militia leaders commanded forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in an attack that killed 200 people during the Congo war, a war crimes prosecutor said on ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila holds discussion with the religious leaders in Goma KINSHASA (Reuters) -Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was ...

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a permanent ceasefire and a ...

A recent report called Congo "the most dangerous place on earth for women and children," owing to widespread violence fueled by illicit mineral exploitation and a long-standing rape epidemic.

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. Congo ...

Judith Miller on Arab Dictators With a new film on Saddam Hussein's son and a trial against Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Arab dictators are in the spotlight this week, writes Judith Miller in The Wall ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive ...