In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the mistreatment of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada, who was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after being threatened over ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

It is 9pm in downtown Nairobi. Inside a small, buzzing nail salon, a group of young men—mostly in baggy jeans and faded t-shirts—huddle around clients’ hands with focused intensity. Rwandan music hums ...

On 18 April, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health worker was shot dead in his home by a gunman in military uniform in Masisi, North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...

Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

Pope Francis visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from January 31 to February 3, 2023, as part of a larger trip to Africa that also included South ... South Kivu and Ituri since the late ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the M23 group on Wednesday issued a landmark joint statement saying they had agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work ...

A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild. Scientists have long wondered why bonobos live in ...

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint ...

Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to ...