The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

When the British singer-songwriter, Chris Rea, released ‘You Can Go Your Own Way’, in 1994, no clairvoyant could foretell the symbolic resonance with President Trump’s Make America Great Again ...

Sustainable cities and global decarbonisation are essential if we are to reduce cities' carbon footprints and decarbonise economies in the face of the climate crisis ... Congo for three years, 11 days ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

With over 105 million people, the DR Congo is a mosaic of 250 ethnic groups and 700 languages, a testament to its rich cultural diversity. However, in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, ...

The two regional blocs are holding a historic joint Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Tanzania ...

The siege occurred in 1961 during the Congo Crisis (1960-1965). For those into historical action dramas, ‘The Siege of Jadotville’ does a good job incorporating historical events and showcasing the ...

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has appealed for meditation to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. He made the appeal at a news conference in New ...

A summit of African leaders meeting to address the crisis in the DR Congo on Saturday called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” within five days. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group ...

Congo, on the other side, has termed the fall of Goma “a declaration of war” and vowed a “vigorous military response”. The crisis in Congo can be traced to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 in ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis, involving several neighbouring ...