Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

March 5 (UPI) --Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... with the last death reported on Feb. 22, according ...

Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic of Congo ... vary greatly, the death toll of the Second Congo War and the associated ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic of ...

A total of 14 men and women died while going through the international protection system last year, the highest number since records ... and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are also among ...

Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo ... over the leadership of his party after the death of his father, one of Congo’s foremost opposition politicians ...

Image: picture alliance/BSIP Another mystery disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged ... can increase the chances of death. Local health authorities have been addressing ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward ... were prosecuted in absentia by a military court and given death sentences for treason. A reward of $4m (£3) was also offered ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring an unknown disease that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... the last known death from the disease ...