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In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.

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Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed as they also fought with M23, and six more were injured the U.N. said, as the rebels close in on the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwandan troops have been positioned since Thursday some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma in Sake, according to several security sources and the Congolese army has not managed to regain control ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In the capital of eastern Congo’s conflict-ridden North Kivu province, the Floribert Bwana Chui School of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Democratic ...

Streams of displaced people have flocked from Minova, a port city the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has already captured as it conquers swathes of territory at the expense of the Congolese army.

Last July, I read an article in a medical journal about a puzzling new strain of the mpox virus that had turned up in Kamituga, a scrappy mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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