Families and activists in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, have protested over the government’s closure ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The AFC/M23 rebels have warned that they could advance toward Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, saying continued attacks against civilians by the Congolese army (FARDC) and its ...

Some regional analysts fear that the rebels’ latest offensive is more potent because they are linking their fight to wider ...

The news reports about and video of the New York prison treatment of Robert Brooks, a Black man from Greece who died after being beaten by white corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government ...

Some residents in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday welcomed an address by President Félix Tshisekedi, saying they wanted action to end war in eastern Congo. The president of the ...

NEWARK - A 27-year-old Union County man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive, retitle and “re-VIN” stolen vehicles. Linden resident ...

Since capturing the city early this week, the rebels also have expanded their presence in surrounding areas and announced their intentions to march on the capital, Kinshasa, nearly 1,000 miles ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) People protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of ... as well as by male inmates during a prison break in Goma. The airport closed, roads were blocked, and aid groups ...

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth.

They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months. Many then endured severe beatings, food deprivation and other forms of torture.