From exile abroad, Alain Mabanckou explores the legacies of French colonialism and present-day corruption in his homeland ...

But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified. "The mystery has ...

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been ...

A severe form of malaria, presenting as a respiratory illness and exacerbated by malnutrition, has claimed over 140 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kwango province. Since October 2020 ...

"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry declared in a statement on Tuesday. "It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness." The health agency said ...

Our reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached the teeming capital, infecting children and their mothers, who sell sex to survive. An mpox patient receiving care in a health ...

a life-threatening condition associated with viral infections. The cases are in a rural part of Kwango province in southwestern Congo, which has limited access to laboratory testing and is ...

"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry declared in a statement on Tuesday. "It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness." The health agency said ...