For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...

Identifying the scaly animal from the Republic of the Congo was “particularly problematic” and led to “long-standing” ...

A continent where religion permeates most aspects of private and public life, Africa is where the Roman Catholic Church is ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, the race to choose his successor begins behind closed doors. News of the pontiff’s death ...

President Trump’s Africa envoy Massad Boulos has finished a tour of several East African nations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he discussed a peace deal that could involve the ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

In a world driven by power and profit, the Congo became collateral damage. This is a case study in exploitation - one that ...

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