Gabon’s President-elect Brice Oligui Nguema who led a coup ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept polls last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote will be sworn in Saturday.

MORE people than ever are food insecure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid conflict in the east. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), there is a significant increase in acutely ...

All programmes on stigma and discrimination have stopped with key populations, AGYW, young people, people living with HIV and other populations affected. The Ministry of Health has been convening ...

SADC said on Thursday that the withdrawal would be by road through Tanzania to the respective troop-contributing countries.

Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a bid to strip former President Joseph Kabila of immunity so he can face trial on ...

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Management and Reform SungAh Lee called for urgent ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

Sede Vacante, the Latin term meaning “the see being vacant,” is used when the pope—the successor of St. Peter—has passed away ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...

Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma since the eastern city's capture in January are being transferred to Kinshasa, the International ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

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