Full Coverage: Democratic Republic of Congo
News Stories
- Congolese mourn their Rumba king at BBC - Thu, Aug 23, 2007
- 10,000 Congolese refugees flee to Uganda AP via Yahoo! News - Wed, Aug 22, 2007
- Congo leader son fails in gag bid at BBC - Wed, Aug 15, 2007
- Uganda threatens Congo over raids at BBC - Fri, Aug 10, 2007
- Congo hopes to get ageing railways back on track Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 07, 2007
Feature Articles
- Eyewitness: Foreigners' fears in Kinshasa at BBC - Fri, Mar 23, 2007
- Backstory: Congolese radio show gives war victims a voice at Christian Science Monitor - Wed, Mar 21, 2007
- Photo journal: Congo carpenters, Co-operative origins at BBC - Wed, Feb 28, 2007
- Waiting for the plutocrats' friend at The Economist - Thu, Feb 22, 2007
- Battle to save Congo's endangered turtles at BBC - Thu, Feb 01, 2007
- Getting Congo's wealth to its people at Boston Globe - Fri, Dec 22, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- On Time in DR Congo, But Still Out Too Early at Deutsche Welle - Thu, Nov 30, 2006
- Let Democracy Thrive in Congo at allAfrica.com - Tue, Nov 21, 2006
- Bemba Need Not Declare War Over Congo Elections at allAfrica.com - Mon, Nov 20, 2006
- Africa Holds Its Breath at allAfrica.com - Mon, Oct 30, 2006
- D-Day As Congo Rivals Go for Elections (Page 1 of 2) at allAfrica.com - Sun, Oct 29, 2006
- Disarmament is the Key at allAfrica.com - Fri, Oct 27, 2006
Photos
Democratic Republic of Congo
Children look at the wreckage of a derailed freight train along the Kenya-Uganda railway line in Nairobi's Kibera slums, May 6, 2008. Kenya is east Africa's ...
Related Web Sites
- Permanent Mission of the DRC to the UN
- official site with news updates and a map of the country.
- UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC)
- peacekeeping force established in November 1999. Site includes information on the mission's mandate.
- Congo Civil War
- overview of the conflict and groups involved; from GlobalSecurity.org.
- Children at war in DRC
- Amnesty International report on the use of children as combatants by all parties. Also includes a flash animation
- Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- report on the deaths in Congo during the conflict; from the International Rescue Commitee
- Country Profile: Democratic Republic of Congo
- provides an overview of Congo's economics, geography, and demographics, plus a brief history since the 1200s A.D. From BBC News.