January 1999
Fighting continued in Congo in 1999, despite the peace deal signed and cease-fire of January. Congo has become the crucible for a Central African...
July 2005
The major problem facing Africa is corruption and control of resources. In the DRC, the military is stealing minerals to sell to Western companies....
July 2006
The militias, formed during Congo's civil war, now control much of the country's natural resources. The government faces a big problem disarming them.
The...
2 February 2002
In the Volcano National Park, on the border between Rwanda and the DRC, the world's last remaining mountain gorillas are being devastated by...
30 January 2001
Laurent Kabila spent 30 years with anti-Mobutu guerrillas in Eastern Congo. These guerrillas became the Mayi Mayi - not a tribe but a...
