Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he

At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.

Clashes between two tribes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused more than 16,000 civilians to flee their homes since last week, crossing into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety, the United Nations refugee agency reported

Some elements in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) are allegedly conniving and facilitating the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, The New Times has reliably learnt.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former senior official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who has been charged with war crimes, will begin in April 2010.

A former inmate of Kasapa central prison in Lubumbashi has claimed that rape and sexual abuse of female prisoners is widespread, leading to many women becoming pregnant and giving birth while in jail.

A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has surrendered to the joint military forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ugandan army.

While medical and psychological care are being provided to survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 7,000 women and girls have been raped this year alone, UN and aid workers on the ground say the funding

The Kibosa Maliba Stadium in the Congolese city of Lubumbashi will tomorrow decide who wins 1.5 million US dollars and a ticket to the World Club Championships in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in December as Heartland FC

MORE than 500 Congolese refugees were yesterday repatriated to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Zambia, bringing the total number of refugees that have left the country since May to 15, 660.

At least 2,250 tents and other non-eatable goods will be supplied by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the purpose of helping to alleviate the situation of Angolans who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A Tunisian-Congolese working session was held on Tuesday in Tunis to take stock of, and examine prospects of cooperation between both countries.

A Congolese army integration camp was attacked by rebels meant to join the army on early Wednesday morning, killing three people, army sources said.