The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday will hold its first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ...

FDLR is a UN and US-blacklisted terrorist organization founded by military and paramilitary extremists linked to the 1994 ...

A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral ...

That area includes Goma and Bukavu, two key hubs on the border ... Elian Peltier is The Times’ West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar, Senegal. Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief ...

Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal. A Trump administration ... the M23 rebels have captured the cities of Goma and Bukavu and several towns in eastern Congo, prompting fears of regional ...

Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal. Associated Press writer Justin Kabumba in Goma, Congo, contributed to this report.