After being initially sentenced to death, the three had their sentences commuted, before being transferred to US custody.

After flying flags of Zaire, DR Congo's name under ex-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko who was overthrown in 1997, the group of men then filmed themselves proclaiming the end of the regime. The ...

As long as the genocidal FDLR remains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), enjoying full government support, there ...

A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and ...

Friends and family of George Foreman have paid tribute to the boxing great at a memorial service in his hometown of Houston.

Three American citizens jailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over a failed coup attempt have been transferred to US ...

They flew flags of Zaire - the country's former name under dictator Mobutu Sese Seko - and filmed themselves declaring an end ...

Dear Mr Lammy, As survivors in the UK about to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, we are troubled by your position on Rwanda and eastern DR Congo. You declare ...

A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and ...

President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted death sentences handed to three Americans to life imprisonment for involvement in what the army said was a failed coup bid in DR Congo last year, according to ...

His formidable aura evaporated only a year later when Ali pulled off one of the most audacious victories in boxing history in Zaire - now DR Congo - baiting and taunting Foreman into losing his belt.