The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos as a deadly conflict ...

Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. But persistent problems, including poverty, the effects of climate change, and weak governance, are fuelling widespread social frustration.

UNHCR is gravely concerned about the safety and security of civilians and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as conflict further intensifies ...

President Donald Trump on Friday is set to visit North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it ...

The Laken Riley Act is on track to become the first bill Donald Trump signs into law as president and a sign of his intent.

Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants is advocating to have pending cases rebooked to arrive in the country before ...

Global health law professor Lawrence Gostin explains the risks of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention ...

The M23 rebels are steadily advancing toward Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern region of theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Tuesday, M23 captured the eastern city of ...

The M23 armed group has seized further territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and on Thursday was ...

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals.