News on Democratic Republic Of The Congo

World's refugee orphans seeking homes in the US

2010-04-16T07:01:04Z

Orphaned by war, disaster: World's refugee children seeking more foster homes in the US

Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp...

Religion Today

2010-10-20T15:33:07Z

Ifeanyi Nwanaforo, center, of Nigeria, reacts along with Rev. Grace Akunor, right, of Ghana, and Sylvie Kamuna, second from left, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after successfully starting a fire ...

Rwanda Congo Genocide

2010-10-10T22:00:25Z

FILE - In this May 6, 1997 file photo, Rwandan Hutu refugees are evacuated by train from the Biaro refugee camp south of Kisangani in eastern Congo, then Zaire. The discovery of mass graves prompted investigations that led to a controversial U.N. re...

Congo Genocide

2010-08-27T09:30:19Z

In this Oct. 2, 1998 file photo, rebel soldiers from a special military police regiment wait to be deployed to patrol streets looking for undocumented or disorderly soldiers and guarding against infiltration by government forces in Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Oct. 2, 1998. A U.N. draft report, leaked i...

NBA Finals Lakers Celtics Basketball

2010-06-19T06:00:14Z

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, and son Zaire sit courtside during the third quarter in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals between the Boston Celti...

Congo Peacekeepers

2010-05-10T09:30:49Z

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, United Nations MONUC peacekeepers ride towards Goma, in Kibati, eastern Congo. U.N. peacekeepers deployed to Congo more than a decade ago after civil war drew in troops from more than half a dozen African nations. Billions of dollars later, a growing number of re...