On Sunday, March 9, the United States was placed on the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist. This is an international list that keeps track of international states who actively seek to violate human and ...

Guest columnist Ben Chappell, having seen the benefits of USAID in other countries, writes that President Donald Trump’s ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated ...

Direct peace talks between AFC/M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18, Angola’s presidency announced in a statement on Wednesday, March 13. The possibility of ...

Congo DR forward is desperate to cap his seismic rise by taking the nation back to a first FIFA World Cup since 1974.

Books & the Arts / The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and resistance on the continent. Bill Fletcher Jr. Throughout the ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo escaped amid tragedy and violence to build a new life in the U.S.

At just 18, Belange Mutanda left her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo to move to Iowa so she could pursue her dreams of studying design and fashion. Now, with her own fashion line, she raises ...

Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.

The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern ...