DR Congo, a central African country, is the world's main source of cobalt, a key component of the lithium-ion batteries used in mobile phones, electric vehicles and many models of e-cigarette.

If you live in the United States, you're probably used to the idea of ethnic diversity — which is considered to be one the ...

Congo’s government has accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east ...

A mountain collapse in DR Congo’s Katanga region revealed vast copper reserves, sparking debates about resource exploitation ...

Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s ...

Congo has opened an investigation into vandalism on Monday evening at the mausoleum housing the tooth - thought to be the only known remains - of independence hero Patrice Lumumba, the culture ...

The Congo Basin's tropical forests, known as the "planet's second lung" behind the Amazon, are shrinking by one to five percent a year due to illegal logging and mining, a study said.

The three diseases that Brits have been warned about include Marburg virus disease, the Clade I strain of mpox and Oropouche ...

JOHANNESBURG /LONDON, Nov 22 ((Reuters)) - The Democratic Republic of Congo's state miner Gecamines is offering ... U.S. officials lobbying against China's grip on the mineral-rich central African ...

More than 44 million people go to the polls today in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an election that analysts say could have "deep implications" for the region. Voters in Africa's fourth most ...