Since the African continent was divided at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, the struggle for its wealth has played out on two fronts. The first was political, as European powers, starting with King ...

The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN ...

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

A newly surfaced historical image from Belgium’s highly protected archives has reignited debate over the country’s dark colonial legacy in Central Africa. The image, depicting Belgian royalty during ...

Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week.

The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which ...

M23 rebels captured Bukavu, the capital of the eastern DRC’s South Kivu province, on 16 February with little resistance from ...

Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week to decide what ...

With Kinshasa's notorious traffic jams, motorcycles are an easy alternative as they can manoeuvre their way around the ...