Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in ...

Women who dance together during Mardi Gras create bonds unlike any other. From hours of practice to perfecting costumes to performing in parades, dance krewes make the most of the ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

In a new interview, choreographer Parris Goebel discusses working with Lady Gaga on her latest music video, "Abracadabra." ...

Kokoko! make incandescent get-down music from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The city ...

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, together with broadcasters Julia Bradbury and Victoria Derbyshire, is calling for more women to attend breast cancer screening. In a series of personal ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...

As the M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda, push further into South Kivu province in eastern Congo, the wives of the missing ...