KINSHASA, Congo The United Nations says a4 leas4 four of its peacekeepers have been wounded in northern Congo after a U.N. helicopter was attacked by armed men.

By Fiona Forde Tokyo Sexwale's visit to the Republic of Congo has brought to an end a weeks-old diplomatic spat over the Congolese president's semi-autobiographical book and the preface attributed to Nelson Mandela.

The expert panel reports that killer militias in Eastern Congo have been receiving military orders from leaders based in Germany and France and getting finance from two Spanish-based charities linked to the Roman Catholic church in clear breach of the UN sanctions regime.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremiae has arrived to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he will meet with President Joseph Kabila.

Former leader of the National Integrationist Front, Mathieu Ngudjolo, awaits the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Nov.

Kinshasa - Communal violence has claimed at least 100 lives and displaced 53 000 people since the end of October in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-west Orientale province, the United Nations said on Monday.

The International Criminal Court's joint trial of two Congolese rebel leaders offers victims the chance to see accountability for atrocities committed in Congo's armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.

Many homeless children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are living on the streets after being accused of witchcraft.

Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, will be in the Bay Area next week at three advanced screenings of "Reporter," the new documentary featuring Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, as he uncovers the stories of women and children affected by the decade-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.

Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [File Photo] 19 November 2009 &#150 The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo today welcomed the arrest of two leaders of a rebel Rwandan militia on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity and war crimes in the eastern region of the DRC.

Conflict Minerals Trade Act key first step to ensuring armed groups don't benefit from Americans' high-tech purchases, says aid group Eastern DRC has one of world's highest rates of gender-based violence, child soldier use Legislation would help companies certify products as "conflict free," World Vision says Washington, DC, November 19, 2009-Aid ...

Angola has requested the re-activation of a tripartite mechanism with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations refugee agency to repatriate some 60,000 Angolans still in DRC in the wake of the mutual expulsion of scores of thousands of each other's nationals by the neighbouring States.

Why do gorillas in the Congo hate cell phones? The clue to the puzzle is found in the mineral called coltan, produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

After a murderous nine months for local reporters, three female journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo received death threats in September.

Democratic Republic Congo is still plagued by insecurity six years after a war that drew in neighbours and cost millions of lives.

The United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, diplomats and officials said.

The top priority for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the protection of civilians from abuse, be it from the Government forces that it is mandated to support or armed rebel groups, a senior official said today.

A baby bonobo has been born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, marking the fourth birth of the endangered apes in more than five years.

Eight years after the end of Congo's civil wars, the outgoing U.N. humanitarian chief in the country said Thursday he hopes the slow progress toward peace can be sustained.