The Congo River (also known as the Zaire River) is the third longest river in the world, and the second longest in Africa (after the Nile River in northeastern Africa). Its river basin, one of the most humid in Africa, is also the largest on that...

The Congo River (for a time known as Zaire River) is the largest river in Western Central Africa. Its overall length of 4,700 km (2,922 miles) makes it the second longest in Africa (after the Nile). The river and its tributaries flow through the second...

Heavy gunfire broke out in Congo's capital Thursday near the home of a former warlord who was second in last year's presidential vote, U.N. officials and witnesses said. Government soldiers deployed throughout the city, while residents fled in vehicles and on foot.U.N. military spokesman Didier...

More than 100 people died in two days of fighting in Congo's capital, an aid group working with hospitals and morgues said Sunday.There were 79 bodies in Kinshasa's main morgue by late Saturday night, along with 20 at the city's Kitambo Hospital, six at Ngaliema...

On his first official visit to Africa as the United Nation's secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon toured this war-torn capital Saturday, praising its people for holding their first elections and ushering in a fragile democracy."For my first official visit to the African continent, I chose the Democratic...

Congolese government forces summarily executed civilians and members of a politician's private militia and used excessive force during clashes with the militia last year, according to a preliminary report by U.N. human rights investigators.The investigators had probed March clashes in Kinshasa, Congo's capital, between Congolese...