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

The men recently had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment for their role in an attempted coup last May in the ...

Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. (Luke 9:30-31) The Word of ...

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

In and around the city of Goma in North Kivu, sites that were previously home to 400,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have all been destroyed, leaving families stranded without shelter or ...

Sudan's impressive run in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup continued as a nation affected by civil war held Senegal to a 0-0 draw on neutral turf. Sadio Mane came closest to a winner for the ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels battling ... Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated ...

Tens of thousands have escaped Bukavu and nearby areas for Burundi, while uprooted people who were living in Goma having fled an M23 offensive elsewhere are now returning to devastated areas.

The Kanyaruchinya, Lushagala, and Bujari refugee camps on Goma-Rutshuru Road in eastern Goma, which sheltered hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the conflict for over three years, are now empty.

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The presidents of Congo and neighboring ... Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by Bukavu in February. M23 is one of about 100 armed ...