Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two strategically important cities in eastern Congo in under a month, marking a ...

Rebels, reportedly backed by Rwandan troops, have captured two cities in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

It is high time the South African National Defence Forces’ (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo’s North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held ...

The teams behind "Sugarcane," "Black Box Diaries," "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" and "Porcelain War" discuss the urgency of their work ...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, that history tried to sever ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday (February 7), warning that ...

international-focused stories have dominated the Oscar nominations for Outstanding Documentary Feature: films set in the occupied West Bank, Japan, Ukraine, Canada and Congo. Each of the ...

The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the importance of sound Pier Paolo Pasolini adaptation he is hoping to make.