Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in the country, leaving the Congolese people with nothing.

The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst in the country's history, the health ministry says. Almost 200 people have died since August, officials say ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear wheth ...

AP Photo / Francisco Seco When Congo was under Belgian colonial rule between 1908 and 1960, thousands of mixed-race children were abducted from their Black mothers and raised as orphans in ...