Conflict continued in the Congo following the 1997 civil war that brought Laurent Kabila to power. The many different ethnic groups in Congo and the large refugee population led to general unrest and periodic brutality. A large number of countries...

Democratic Republic of the Congo POPULATION 55,225,478ROMAN CATHOLIC 43 percentPROTESTANT 22 percentINDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN (INCLUDING KIMBANGUIST CHURCH) 30 percentMUSLIM 1.5 percentTRADITIONAL 3.5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Democratic...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa, is the third largest country in Africa. Its immense mineral wealth and plentiful natural resources have made it the prize of kings and dictators. President Laurent Kabila, who came to power in a...

Joseph KabilaPresident (pronounced "JOE-seff ka-BEE-la") "We need to have peace in the Congo. The priority is that the forces that invaded the Congo leave the Congo." The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), also often referred to as DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (or Zaïre in...

Chinese-run smuggling rings based in Africa are responsible for illegal ivory imports nearly doubling in the past decade, according to a report published Thursday.The Cambridge-based wildlife trade monitoring watchdog Traffic International appealed to the Chinese government to help control the problem."It is imperative that China...