Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1998, the Second Congo War broke out following the deterioration of ...

On June 27th the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo stood in the Oval Office next to Donald ...

LUBUMBASHI, Zaire — Until seven months ago, the man who declared himself president of what he has renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo was an obscure rebel leader with a history of st… ...

They wear camouflage and have Zaire flags draped on their shoulders. Two of the detainees in the video appear to be white men. One has bruises around his eyes and the other's face is bloodied.

Refugees, exiles, and opposition groups hold the key to lasting peace and regional stability.

The painting, titled “Congo Belge II,” was made in the 1970s and depicts a period in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (previously know as Zaire), a former Belgian colony.

• From 1971 until May 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known as the Republic of Zaire. • The country's total area is 2,344,866 sq km (905,354 sq mi). • Congo's population is ...

This summer, a small Ebola outbreak in the Congo was quickly contained — proof of how much scientists have learned about the virus since it appeared in 1976.

The so-called Congo Free State (État indépendant du Congo) existed as a private colony of King Leopold II (1835-1909) until the Belgian government took over in 1908. Belgian rule killed an ...

The painting, titled “Congo Belge II,” was made in the 1970s and depicts a period in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (previously know as Zaire), a former Belgian colony.