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 ...

It was an East and Central African affair, with artists from Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo. Look One is an annual exhibition held at the Xenson Art Space in Kamwokya. It starts the year, opens up the ...

Long queues stretch in front of banks and other public buildings in DR Congo's largest eastern city Goma, where Rwanda-backed ...

The United States Embassy in Kinshasa has urged all citizens currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to leave ...

In the wake of instability in Democratic Republic of Congo's Bukavu, the Indian Embassy in Kinshasa has asked Indian ...

DAKAR, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, the group known as the Congo River Alliance ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are ...

On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma, the capital of ...

Ugandans deployed near where Congo army fighting M23 rebels Troops officially in Congo to help fight another insurgency With Rwanda backing M23, fears of regional escalation rise NAIROBI ...

Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of legend: a mokele-mbembe, Congo’s mythical dinosaur. In 2003 ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels taking over territory in DR Congo have vowed to fight all the way to the capital.