The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the richest countries in natural resources—yet one of the poorest in human development. How did a land with such vast potential end up with such a tragic ...

Ever since Conrad’s venture into the deep interior, a host of writers and historians has been drawn to Congo and its turbulent history. Among the recent accounts that stand out are Adam Hochs ...

In recent weeks the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire, and before that the Belgian Congo, has been in the news: A brutal civil war, an horrendous AIDS epidemic, the ...

And that could spell the demise of the Congo’s primary forest, according to a new study. At projected rates of deforestation and population growth, old-growth trees in the world’s second ...

Leopold’s private colony is another part of Congo’s amazing history that I had started researching from London ahead of filming. At the time I had made a call to an eminent academic and Congo ...

A major critical and popular success in Belgium, this sweeping history of Congo begins during the precolonial era and brings readers all the way up to the current era of warlords and civil war. Van ...

The most blighted nation on earth goes to the polls this weekend - more in hope than expectation that stability and peace might result. In Congo, mass suffering has been a way of life ever since ...

The Congo’s history of royal chaos. By Michael Ordona . Sept. 29, ... Its release is also timely, as Congo gears for the final round of voting in its first elections in 40 years.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been a critical source of strategic minerals for the United States since at least World War II. Here’s a short history → No place in the world has such a ...