Report: UN-backed Congolese troops deliberately killing civilians in east Congo;

Report: UN-backed Congo troops killing civilians

Report: 1,400 civilians killed in east Congo in 9-month period; group calls for UN to do more

Report: 1,400 killed in east Congo over 9 months

4 dead in Congo’s capital after jail cell wall falls during attempted prison escape

4 dead in Congo after attempted prison escape

UN helicopter attacked by armed men in northern Congo; at least 4 peacekeepers wounded

UN helicopter attacked in Congo; 4 wounded

Congo’s only 2 captive baby gorillas to move to new sanctuary where schoolchildren can visit

Baby gorillas to get new sanctuary in east Congo

Plane overshoots runway in eastern Congo, landing in lava surrounding airport; 20 hurt

Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava

Congolese military accused of killing hundreds of civilians, Human Rights Watch says

Group: Congo military killed hundreds of civilians

UN Congo peacekeeping force to pull aide to some Congo army units after civilian killings

UN: Congolese army killed 62 civilians in E. Congo

Zimbabwe’s prime minister gets regional summit to address problems with unity government

Zimbabwe: Regional summit set for Thursday

47 police officers killed in north Congo after intervening in dispute, UN-run radio says

47 police officers killed in north Congo fighting

Congolese president says his campaign against Rwandan extremists in the east is succeeding

Congolese president says he’s winning in east

Officials in Congo and Angola agree to suspend deportations of each other’s citizens

KINSHASA, Congo — An Angolan official says his country and neighboring Congo have agreed to suspend thousands of deportations.

Aid group says Ugandan rebel attacks on civilians in northern Congo are spreading

JOHANNESBURG — Ugandan-led rebels are expanding their territory in northern Congo, committing child abductions, rapes, and — in one instance, forcing a man to club his own brother to death, an international aid group said Wednesday.

Human rights groups: More than 1,000 killed and 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo

JOHANNESBURG — More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian groups said Tuesday.

AP Exclusive: UN assembly president cites rules fight in Madagascar speech shut-out

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. General Assembly President Ali Abdessalam Treki said he was only following the rules when he tried to let Madagascar’s coup leader Andry Rajoelina speak.

Kagame: Rwanda and Congo are making very good progress toward peace in conflict-wracked region

NEW YORK — Rwanda’s president said Monday his country and neighboring Congo are making “very good progress” in restoring peace to war-torn central Africa.

At least 15 dead after boat sinks in Congo river, 34 missing, official says

KINSHASA, Congo — A government official says a boat sank in a river in southwestern Congo, killing at least 15 and leaving 34 missing.

Southern African leaders call for end to sanctions against Zimbabwe

KINSHASA, Congo — Southern African leaders are calling for an end to sanctions against Zimbabwe.

Clinton silent on her reaction to question about her husband, aide dismisses ‘psychobabble’

MONROVIA, Liberia — A close aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton dismissed as “psychobabble” the fuss over the secretary of state’s barbed response to a questioner asking for her famous husband’s opinion instead of her own. Clinton ignored questions about the episode as she wound down a marathon African trip Thursday.

Clinton sees evil in rampant sexual violence in eastern Congo, offers money and vows action

GOMA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday was visibly moved by firsthand evidence of the brutality of war in eastern Congo, delivering an impassioned appeal for action to end to rampant sexual violence that she called “evil in its basest form.”

Clinton demands punishment for rampant sexual violence in Congo

GOMA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the perpetrators of the rampant sexual violence in Congo must be prosecuted.

Clinton demands action against sexual violence in eastern Congo

GOMA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured an African refugee camp Tuesday crowded with victims of violence and malnutrition, pledging $17 million in American aid to help stem the tide of rampant sexual abuse that has staggered war-ravaged eastern Congo.

Hillary Clinton snaps at Congolese student who inquires about husband’s thoughts

KINSHASA, Congo — Hillary Clinton has a message for the world: It’s not all about Bill.

Clinton snaps at Congolese student who inquires about husband’s thoughts

KINSHASA, Congo —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s temper flared on Monday when a Congolese university student asked for her husband’s thinking on an international matter.

Clinton confronts government corruption, rape as a weapon of war in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Congolese youth to lead nationwide protests against massive corruption and rampant sexual violence in the country’s violence-torn east.

Clinton in Congo to confront rape as a weapon of war

KINSHASA, Congo —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promoted democracy in the war-devastated country of Congo on Monday and drew attention to an epidemic of sexual assaults in its violence-torn east.

US, Angola agree to combat HIV/AIDS; US funding more than doubled

LUANDA, Angola —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and announced the country would get more money to fight AIDS.

Hillary Rodham Clinton heading to Congo to target sexual violence after Angola stop

LUANDA, Angola —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and trade.

Clinton heading to Congo to target sexual violence after Angola stop

LUANDA, Angola —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and trade.

Affirming Obama’s commitments to Africa is atop the agenda for Clinton’s 7-nation tour

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s seven-nation tour of Africa seeks to affirm a commitment by the Obama administration to tackle trouble spots from Somalia and Zimbabwe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia.