As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Kampala, Uganda | Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels ...

A suspected gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan's central city of Taichung killed at least four people and injured ...

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

M23’s rapid offensive in eastern Congo has rekindled tensions in the already fraught relationship between Rwanda and South Africa.

The DR Congo is so vast - two-thirds the size of Western Europe - that it is a member of both the East and Southern African blocs. A selection of the week's best photos from across the African ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the North and South Kivu provinces of Congo. Earlier, Congolese officials declined to engage with Rwandan President Paul Kagame during an East African ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government ...