Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is a viral disease similar to smallpox that can cause flu-like symptoms and a painful rash. It is most commonly found in central and east Africa, with the chances of ...

Emergency responders are removing toxic waste from incinerated neighborhoods and cutting off electricity and gas lines posing a hazard amid the ruins.

The suicide death of a Green Beret on New Year's Day is reviving questions about whether enough is being done to identify service members in crisis.

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight. By Ruth Maclean Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their progress has been swift and stunning.

and the West’s loss of influence in the Sahel are some of the reasons analysts believe Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has chosen the Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Chad and Namibia as the stops ...

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city ...

In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said ...

China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville ... in Namibia and continued on Wednesday with his arrival in Chad, where he met Prime Minister Allamaye Halina and pledged ...

Wang’s visits to Namibia, the Republic of Congo, Chad, and Nigeria set the tone for key African aspirations for relations with China in 2025. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left ...