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

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 ...

One man wore a shirt emblazoned with "REGIMENT ETRANGER DES PARACHUTISTES", the French Foreign Legion's parachute regiment, which successfully fought in Zaire, Congo's former name, in 1978 to ...

Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

Tabia who was living in Saarbrücken, Germany, underwent minor neck surgery shortly before her health suddenly deteriorated.

Nangaa partners with Rwandan-backed insurgents Rebel coalition seeks to tap into frustration, misrule UN and other powers urge Rwanda to withdraw troops from Congo Live coverage: Jan 27 (Reuters ...

One man wore a shirt emblazoned with "REGIMENT ETRANGER DES PARACHUTISTES", the French Foreign Legion's parachute regiment, which successfully fought in Zaire, Congo's former name, in 1978 to rescue ...

Niwel Tsumbu is the fifth child of a family of six born in 1982 in Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire). Growing up in Kenshasa ... was amazed with the sixteen year old's ability to learn and play ...