More and more children are being deprived of education in the Republic of the Congo over a protracted conflict and the country’s weak education system, an NGO says.

The Republic of the Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso cleared the decks Thursday with the office announcement of the resignation of the government ahead of crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund.

Polls have opened in Congo-Brazzaville in a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to stand for a third term.

Police in Congo Republic have shot dead three protesters during a demonstration against a constitutional referendum that could open the door for the long-time president to a new term in office.

Iran has extended condolences to the people and government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over a deadly train crash which left over a dozen people dead.

A new UN report says the number of refugees fleeing the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen by more than 350,000 over the past few months.

The United Nations says the deployment of a spy drone by UN peacekeepers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed by several months

Congo's president has made an impression on a small town in recession-hit Spain -- after relaxing at its thermal baths for a few days he left local residents 10,000 euros ($13,000).

A dozen senior officers in the Congolese army have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by several army units in eastern Congo in November 2012, Congolese Justice Minister Wivine Mumba told The Associated Press Saturday.

A cargo plane crashed in landing in a residential area of the Mselou district in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, on Friday night, witnesses told Xinhua.

The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N'Guesso is urging his fellow citizens to plant more trees so that the Central African country can achieve sustainable development.

The Republic of Congo will borrow over 1.1 billion U.S. dollars from China to support her 2013 state budget, the country's Finance Minister Gilbert Ondongo said in a statement published on Friday by a weekly publication, La Semaine Africaine (The African Week).

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A proposed "neutral international force" to enforce peace in eastern Congo could be hampered by a lack of money and international credibility, officials and analysts said Sunday.

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second center after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the disease and travelled back to her home. The health officials say 15 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic.

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RUMANGABO, Congo (AP) — The nest of straw, like something an animal sleeps on, was a Congolese army soldier's bed before rebels seized this military camp. Broken windows were stuffed with grass and the only protection from the frigid night air was a handful of charcoal.

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The ruling Congolese Labour Party of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won a large majority in run-off legislative elections last weekend, with 89 of the 136 seats, final results showed.

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Thousands of Catholics staged marches in Kinshasa Wednesday to call for an end to the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — A local official says a police helicopter crash in the Republic of Congo killed two Ukrainian pilots.

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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — More than two million voters are called to the polls in the Republic of Congo to elect a new parliament.