The Central African nation’s election, which cost over $1.25 billion to run, drew accusations of fraud, prompting several key opposition…
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Running the Democratic Republic of Congo is a tough and dangerous job. For decades, this African country the size of…
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Twenty-three years ago, Abwe Songolo made the fateful decision to keep moving. It was August of 2000, and he had…
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In “The Lumumba Plot,” the Foreign Affairs editor Stuart A. Reid asks whether the Central Intelligence Agency was involved in…
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Francis began the second day of his visit to the continent with a direct appeal to the warring groups in…
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The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of…
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The pope is planning to spend three days in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most populous and…
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A superstar in Africa, she sang in the language of her tribe and often addressed social concerns, insisting on women’s…
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In Kinshasa, a megacity of 15 million, heavy rain left roads, infrastructure and many neighborhoods underwater or in ruins.
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