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

Angola is set to host negotiations next Tuesday in an attempt to end hostilities between Kinshasa and the M23, which have ...

The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and ...

Western meddling after Belgian Congo gained independence in 1960 saw ... Patrice Lumumba: the rebel leader who was murdered and dissolved in acid with the help of Belgian authoritiesOpens in ...

In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...

Administrators at Kyangwali Refugee Settlement are raising concerns over the increasing number of refugees arriving at the camp, noting that they are receiving over 600 people per day from the ...

ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

In a three-day strategic dialogue, Belgium and WHO reviewed progress in their longstanding partnership, and agreed to further ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The European Parliament urged the European Union on Thursday to freeze direct budget support for Rwanda until it breaks links with Tutsi-led M23 rebels and allows humanitarian access to areas of the ...