Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.

Ahead of Sunday’s German election, left-wing party Die Linke has enjoyed a surprise resurgence. Longtime leader Gregor Gysi ...

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...

At the root of this discrimination is the association of Tutsis with neighbouring Rwanda, which has been led by Tutsis since ...

A passionate Kenyan rhumba music fan in the United States is set to launch a book on the genre. The book written by George ‘Jojo’ Ndege and titled, Rumba Evolution, delves into the account of the ...

Authorities say a boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized and that 22 people have been killed.

The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development ...

That’s because all those items rely on cobalt as a key component for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that make them ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

"We all engage in small and large acts of translation every day," she said of her work as a Haitian-born writer in "a city of immigrants" and "a nation of immigrants." ...

The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach's ...

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