In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

He advocated for the rejection of western clothing in favour of traditional attire, but Sape persisted as a counter-cultural statement. The movement expanded to Europe with Congolese migration ...

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie wants Parliamentarians to teach M23 rebels a lesson, but South Africans ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a ...

But nothing could have prepared it for this. In one recent week alone, nearly 3,000 people were killed as rebels swept across the Congolese city. Body bags were rushed in. The fighting in Goma has ...

(Illustration photo — The interior view of Notre Dame de la Sagesse at the University of Kinshasa (Photo by Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Should the Congolese justice system execute the death ...