Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

KISHINJI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - APRIL 4: Displaced community members who have fled the M23 ... [+] conflict leave a Doctors Without Borders discussion group on the subject of sexual ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...