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
- Karzai: Draft of U.S.-Afghan security pact ready for council
- For Philippine typhoon survivors, search for missing loved ones is a hellish daily routine
- Philippine communist rebels declare temporary cease-fire in typhoon-affected areas
- Maldives votes in presidential runoff between 1st freely elected leader, ex-autocrat's brother
- Baby boom not expected in China despite easing of country's strict one-child policy
Africa
- Guinea police disperse opposition protest after ruling party's win is confirmed
- 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
Middle East
- Clashes erupt in Libya's capital a day after deadly militia attack on protesters killed 40
- Syrian government gaining ground in war, strengthening hand ahead of proposed peace talks
- Islamists call for dialogue after coup in Egypt, without demanding return of toppled president
- Activists: Syrian hard-liners mistakenly behead fellow rebel fighter
Europe
- Russian authorities say bus bomber's husband, 4 others killed in Dagestan
- Reeling from schism, Berlusconi invites allies who split from his party to form moderate bloc
- Old trolleybuses cruise Moscow on system's 80th anniversary
- Treasured by musicians, Pleyel piano maker closing, defeated by booming Chinese competition
The Americas
- Puerto Rico plans $8M renovation of popular coastal site
- Toronto council looks to complete stripping mayor of his powers amid widening drug scandal
- Official: Detained police lead Mexican agents to 18 bodies in mass graves
- Brazil: Top figures found guilty in big corruption scandal turn themselves in to police
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