List of Congo articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burundi Violence Confounds U.S. Optimism About African Democracy
Western observers were quick to call Nigeria's smooth power transition a stepping stone for Africa. But nations facing different challenges are not finding their election seasons to be any easier than before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clear as Mud
NGOs criticize companies’ transparency on “conflict minerals” as firms prepare to file their second annual report on the use of gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Miserable Mystery in Congo
Dozens of female infants and girls in a single town have been abducted and raped in the middle of the night. Could witchcraft be to blame?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Suffocating Congo’s War
Rules imposed by Dodd-Frank are cutting off a critical source of funding for armed groups that have plagued the country for more than 20 years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Dodd-Frank Is Failing Congo
The campaign to stop conflict minerals is supposed to be protecting people’s lives in one of the most fragile parts of Africa. In fact, it seems to be doing the opposite.