List of Congo articles
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Houses are shown on the edge of deep gouges in the land. U.S. Apathy Paved the Way for China in Africa
Despite a strong foothold during the Cold War, Washington has since fumbled on the continent.
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A Congolese army tank heads towards the front line near Kibumba in the area surrounding the North Kivu city of Goma on May 25 during clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels. The Rebirth of Congo’s Rebellion
The M23 rebel group is back, threatening to take much of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and sparking wider regional tensions.
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A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016. Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources
The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
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adf-congo-uganda Uganda and Congo Are at War With the Islamic State
Denying the links between the Allied Democratic Forces and militant Islamists will endanger civilians.
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Tree stumps after 850 hectares of forests were felled to plant oil palms in the heart of the Congo Basin forest near Kisangani in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sept. 25, 2019. An Empty Pledge to Protect Rainforests
The COP26 deforestation commitment is disingenuous—and could harm the Congo Basin.
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Truck at a roadblock in Democratic Republic of the Congo It’s the Roads, Stupid
Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame The Dark Side of Rwanda’s Rebirth
A new book explores the historical roots and contemporary fallout of Paul Kagame’s aggressive foreign policy.
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An electoral agent arranges ballots. Why Did Washington Let a Stolen Election Stand in the Congo?
If the Biden administration wants to advance democracy around the world, it needs to fix U.S. diplomacy first.
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Newly released child soldiers stand with rifles during their release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018. The U.N. Secretary-General Is Letting Powerful Countries Get Away With Killing Kids
By removing Saudi Arabia and other serial violators of children’s human rights from the annual list of shame, António Guterres is weakening one of the U.N.’s most effective accountability mechanisms.
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State Department DRC Flag Decolonize the State Department
As U.S. policymakers grapple with systemic racism, it’s time to start tapping the expertise of diasporas.
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A child and a woman break rocks extracted from a cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Green Energy’s Dirty Side Effects
The global transition to renewables could lead to human rights abuses and risks exacerbating inequalities between the West and the developing world.
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A document produced during the investigation into U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's death. How Race Hampered the Investigation Into Dag Hammarskjold’s Death
Testimony of African eyewitnesses to the U.N. secretary-general’s death was dismissed because of their lack of education and perceived susceptibility to political manipulation.
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International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (R) speaks with a colleague during the closing statements of the trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda in The Hague on Aug. 28, 2018. Don’t Give Up on the ICC
The International Criminal Court has many flaws, but abandoning it now would give free rein to war criminals and open the door to impunity.
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A man receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse outside the Afia Himbi Health Center in Goma on July 15. The World Bank Has the Money to Fight Ebola but Won’t Use It
In Congo, thousands of people have died due to a misguided finance-driven approach to fighting pandemics that puts investors before victims.
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A health worker waits to handle an unconfirmed Ebola patient at a newly built, Médecins Sans Frontières-supported Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Nov. 7, 2018. In Fragile States, Disease Outbreaks Don’t Stay Local for Long
U.S. health aid can also promote stability, mitigate extremism, and avoid costly longer-term military interventions.
