Heavy fighting breaks out in eastern DR Congo as a deadline expires for army mutineers loyal to the warlord known as the ‘Terminator’ to surrender.

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Congo clashes as deadline expires

At least 200 people are reported killed and hundreds more injured after accidental explosions at a munitions dump in Congo’s capital Brazzaville.

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‘Scores killed’ in Congo blasts

At least 26 people have been killed in recent attacks by Rwandan FDLR rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army says.

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Rwandan rebels ‘kill 26 in DRC’

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the French term délestage is used to describe power cutoffs, but when applied to food shortages, it illustrates a stark reality.

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Kinshasa Journal: In Congolese Capital, ‘Power Cut’ Applies to Food

Police arrest 143 people following a demonstration in central London over the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police say.

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Arrests after DR Congo protests

The rejection of poll results by DR Congo’s main opposition candidate is illegal and irresponsible given the fears of violence, the government says.

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DR Congo poll rejection ‘illegal’

There are appeals for calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo as disputed elections threaten to plunge the volatile Central African nation into chaos.

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Plea for calm after DR Congo poll

Mediators intervene to avert violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of the release of complete election results due later, officials say.

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Bid to avert Congo poll clashes

Vote counting is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo after presidential and parliamentary elections marred by accusations of vote rigging.

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Votes counted after DR Congo poll

Is DR Congo really the world’s worst country?

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Failed state: Can DR Congo recover?

Nearly 1,000 prisoners escape from a jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after it is attacked by armed men, an official says.

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Mass escape from DR Congo prison

Jamairais Malone, 23, of Columbia Heights is making her stage debut as Josephine, a hardened prostitute working at Mama Nadi’s pool hall in Congo, a country where rape is routinely used as a weapon of war. Playwright Lynn Nottage collected stories from Congolese female refugees who were “ruined,” women who had experienced great physical and emotional trauma after repeated rapes. Nottage’s play, “Ruined,” won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2009 and is running at Arena Stage through June 5. Malone talks about the play and the attention she hopes it will bring to the plight of Congo’s women. Read full article > >

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Stage debut in ‘Ruined’ an awakening for D.C. actress

A Rwandan genocide suspect, Bernard Munyagishari, is arrested in eastern DR of Congo after being on the run for 17 years.

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Rwanda genocide fugitive arrested

Three of DR Congo’s most-wanted suspected gold smugglers are charged in a Kenyan court with fraud after their arrest in Nairobi earlier this week.

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Congo ‘gold smugglers’ captured

A new study in the American Journal of Public Health, estimates that nearly two million women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a woman victimized nearly every minute.

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Congo Study Sets Estimate for Rapes Much Higher