The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...

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

In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst European failures that Leopold gathered ...

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 ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The militants have recently seized the capital of North Kivu province in the latest escalation of a decades-long conflict ...

Congo has been wracked by more than a century of violent colonization and imperialism resulting in millions of deaths—and ...

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

Former colonial ruler Belgium has close ties with DR Congo and a large Congolese diaspora living in the country.