Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the ...

and scientific findings to explore the legacy of the country’s Belgian colonization and its impact on human lives and nature. It brings viewers to the banks of the Congo River where the Yangambi ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the shimmering waters of Lake Kivu meet rolling green ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

A new study out of a Surrey-based university has found a link between colonial activity and the emergence of the Ebola virus.

But its plot is deadly serious. Patrice Lumumba, who helped lead Congo’s struggle from a Belgian colony into an independent republic and became its first Prime Minister, was wildly popular – not just ...

The UN says at least 900 bodies were recovered on the streets last week after fighting in the countrys eastern city of Goma ...