DRC
Italian Ambassador to DR Congo Killed in UN Convoy Attack
Luca Attanasio and his bodyguard died while travelling with the UN's peacekeeping mission.
The War Criminals Trying to Prevent a Genocide
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as Congolese authorities turn to ex-warlords to stop another brutal conflict from breaking out.
Three Belgians Were Deported from Congo for Racist Facebook Posts About a Black Mayor
The men targeted Pierre Kompany, the Congolese-born mayor of a district in Brussels, who is also the father of Belgian football star Vincent Kompany.
The Congo's Ebola Outbreak Just Reached a Crisis Level Seen Only 5 Other Times
“The reality check is that a year into the epidemic, it's still not under control, and we are not where we should be."
Photos from the Epicentre of DR Congo's Ebola Crisis
Nearly 500 people have died in the country's tenth Ebola outbreak in 40 years.
DRC’s first peaceful transfer of power was marred by violence and corruption
“When we demonstrate, bullets are shot. We are really tired. We do not know how to claim our rights.”
The Catholic Church isn't happy about the DRC's surprise presidential election results
One of the losing candidates slammed the results as “rigged, fabricated, and invented.”
The DRC claiming it shut down the Internet to "stop the spread of fake news" is fake news
“The government is blatantly lying."
"They killed people until they got tired."
Victims describe one of the least known, but most violent terror groups in the world.
A slaughter in silence
How a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in DRC was made worse by Trump's "America First" policies and the world's neglect.
How we reported this story
From February to April, I spoke with more than 300 people — including community leaders, current and former government officials, soldiers and high-ranking military officers, activists, analysts, U.N. officials, and aid workers. But the vast majority of m
The survivors of Ituri’s ethnic cleansing campaign
While no seven individuals can stand in for the more than 300 people I interviewed for this project, these particular voices offer a representative portrait of the violence and hardships faced by, and the incredible resilience of, so many of their fellow