A reporter returns to a scene of horror in eastern Congo
In 1996, bodies piled up in the Mugunga refugee camp. Today, 72,000 people still live there.
Congo’s feared M23 rebels end their insurgency
The movement ends its 20-month rebellion after U.N.-backed Congolese forces proclaim victory.
New kind of peacekeeper in Congo, this time ready to fight
The first U.N. offensive combat force might be the best chance for peace after more than 5 million deaths.
Fighting flares for second straight day in eastern Congo
Congo and Rwanda trade accusations amid renewed clashes between army and rebels.
Fight over genetically modified crops tears at Tanzania
Drought-tolerant corn is off-limits as groups debate the best approach for easing hunger across Africa.
After Nairobi Mall attack, backlash against Somalis
Key questions remain unanswered even as a murky investigation by Kenyan authorities leads to arrests.
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India’s blue helmets
After years of leading the peacekeeping mission in Congo, India is scaling back on its military commitments.
Elsewhere in World
Asia / Pacific
- Six questions on China’s one-child policy, answered
- Caroline Kennedy arrives in Tokyo to take up position as US ambassador
- China will loosen 1-child policy, abolish labor camp system
- In sweeping reform, China rolls back harsh social policies
- Shiites staging religious procession near Pakistani capital kill 7 Sunnis
Africa
- Final results from Guinea legislative elections uphold victory for ruling party, official says
- UN refuses to delay ICC trial of Kenya's top leaders for crimes against humanity
- Dozens of Malian rebels seen arriving in troubled northern town of Kidal
- Boko Haram member convicted of killing 3 people in Nigeria and sentenced to life in prison
Middle East
- Weapons watchdog meets to discuss destruction of Syrian stockpile
- Militias attack Libyan protesters demanding end of out-of-control armed groups, killing 31
- Islamists protest coup in Egypt after curfew over much of the country ends; clashes kill 1
- Libya's state news agency says 13 killed, 130 wounded by militia attack on peaceful protesters
Europe
- Glafcos Clerides, former president of Cyprus, dies at 94
- Berlusconi's center-right in schism after his political heir decides to form new party
- Former labor camp commander in Romania denies killing scores of prisoners there
- UK government warns of huge online ransom scam, says 10s of millions of Brits may be targeted
The Americas
- Brazil: Top figures found guilty in big corruption scandal turn themselves in to police
- Toronto city council strips Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers amid widening drug scandal
- Brazil: Top figures found guilty in big corruption scandal turn themselves in to police
- Venez president: No need for currency devaluation even as bolivar plunges
National Security
- US officials: Nuke deal being discussed would offer Iran only minor relief from sanctions
- Thunderbirds, Blue Angels are back; but other military outreach programs remain grounded
- Kerry: Nuclear deal with Iran will be 'failsafe' so it will have no nuclear weapons capability
- Air Force to 'add more rigor' to screening of candidates for nuclear commander jobs