When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...

It was just crazy amazing sound." The visual artist and photographer lives and works between his hometown of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brussels, Belgium, and has previously ...

But Tree continues key themes his creations revolve around. “I’ve long been working on the colonial past because I am from Congo,” Baloji said. The story explores the tribulations of the ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Trees and streams have disappeared ... citing fears of “disappearing into thin air.” Speaking out in Congo is dangerous. According to civil society groups, arrests of activists are commonplace.

Children Bear the Brunt of Escalating Violence in DR Congo ...

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign ...

The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they seized Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, at the end of last month. The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance towards Bukavu city. Meanwhile the U.N. warned that the ...