Central Africa
GOMA, Congo - Congo's president has ordered mining suspensions in three provinces in volatile eastern Congo.
JOHANNESBURG - Gunmen in eastern Congo fired Wednesday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and are in hiding, the regional director of International Medical Corps told The Associated Press.
NEW YORK - Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new U.S.
Families from Pakistan to Argentina to Congo are being battered by surging food prices that are dragging more people into poverty, fueling political tensions and forcing some to give up eating meat, fruit and even tomatoes.
UNITED NATIONS - Rebel groups in eastern Congo are illegally imposing taxes on trucks and pedestrians and receiving local, regional and international support in violation of U.N.
