Felix Tshisekedi
rench President Emmanuel Macron, center, salutes Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde, left, and Senegal's President Macky Sall at the Summit on the Financing of African Economies Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Paris. More than twenty heads of state and government from Africa are holding talks in Paris with heads of international organizations on how to revive the economy of the continent, deeply impacted by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
Leaders agree in Paris on helping African economies revive

By Sylvie Corbet May. 18, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

Members of the military parade with a portrait of former president John Magufuli as his body lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. Magufuli, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, died Wednesday aged 61 of heart failure, it was announced by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was sworn-in as the country's new president on Friday. (AP Photo)
5 die in stampede to view body of Tanzania's Magufuli

By Tom Odula Mar. 22, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

In this image made from UNTV video, Felix Tshisekedi, President of Congo, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN envoy warns new Congo crisis could impact its security

By Edith M. Lederer Dec. 07, 2020 07:37 PM EST

FILE - in this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winner Doctor Denis Mukwege of Congo arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has stepped down Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from a COVID-19 task force in eastern Congo, saying his hospital needs to focus on treating coronavirus patients because testing delays and other problems have allowed the crisis to deepen. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
UN protection back for threatened Nobel-winning Congo doctor

By Cara Anna Sep. 09, 2020 08:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 22, 1960 file photo, an unidentified Congolese citizen removes a portrait of Belgium's King Baudouin, at the N'Djili Airport in Leopoldville, the capital before it was later renamed in 1966 to Kinshasa, in Congo. On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Congo is marking the 60th anniversary of achieving independence from the colonial rule of Belgium. (AP Photo, File)
Congo marks 60th anniversary of independence from Belgium

By Jean-Yves Kamale Jun. 30, 2020 09:37 AM EDT

Belgium's Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes prepares to unveil a plaque during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Congo's independence from Belgium in the Brussels district of Matonge, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Francisco Seco)
Belgium takes down statue, king regrets colonial violence

By Samuel Petrequin Jun. 30, 2020 02:13 AM EDT