Congo

Inside the U.S. decision to get behind Congo’s election and how the United States failed Afghan women.

The State Department endorsed Felix Tshisekedi’s unlikely presidency, taking some U.S. officials by surprise.

Erik Prince has moved beyond mercenary armies. His next project is mining minerals in Congo and Afghanistan to help power electric cars. It’s unlikely to help conflict-ridden countries—and could harm them.

Africa isn’t just dealing with an outbreak anymore—and that’s bad news for everyone.

South Africa and Angola have influence. They must use it to ensure that the Congolese government respects the will of voters.

Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy long-form stories in 2018.

The country will vote for a new government, and then brace for a violent aftermath.

Suspect’s death in prison suggests authorities might be suppressing evidence.

The U.N. concluded two of its investigators, an American and a Swede, were killed in a random ambush in Congo. But evidence suggests they may have walked into a government trap.

What fighting in Ituri means for politics and the U.N. mission to the DRC.

Pompeo has reversed his predecessor’s policy of eliminating special envoy posts.

The world thought it knew how to deal with Ebola outbreaks—but it’s never dealt with one like this before.

The Nobel committee is usually looking to make a statement. Is it trying to tell us something about #MeToo—maybe even Brett Kavanaugh?

The country’s strongman plans to step down, but the United States must tread carefully.

The government claims the country is having an election. Fighters in the East are preparing for battle.

As the United States retreats from the world, Moscow and Beijing seek to gut U.N. programs, cut staff.

From North Korea to Venezuela, here are the conflicts to watch in 2018.

Elections cost too much, the government says. But the years-long delay is more likely a power grab.

Instead of giving President Joseph Kabila a free pass to cling to power, world leaders should endorse a plan to replace him.

But António Guterres avoids full-fledged independent inquiry into brutal March murder of U.S. and Swedish researchers.