Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala went on trial in France Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic ...

The landmark trial is only possible because of a French law which allows its courts to try suspected crimes against humanity ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, known until 1997 as Zaire, is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa by area.

The new rebel administration has outsourced a plethora of goods and services mostly from Rwanda, Uganda and beyond ...

Kabila, who led Congo from 2001 to 2019, has been on trial since July, charged with war crimes, murder and rape. He took office at the age of 29 — after his father and former President Laurent Kabila ...

More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply chain ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are experiencing shortages of medicines as a result of fighting in the region and a lack of humanitarian funding, the International ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala went on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.