Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...
Without grassroots support, Kabila was seen by many Congolese as an imposition. His belated attempt to gain legitimacy by ...
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
The external influences at play in eastern DRC are a direct result of the DRC’s failure in governance, further exacerbated by ...
Muhammad Ali and George Foreman are two of the greatest heavyweights in boxing history, having shared the ring in one of the ...
Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...
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 ...
The two regional blocs are holding a historic joint Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Tanzania ...
For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.
Frazier fought Ali for the first time in March 1971, defeating ‘The Greatest’ over 15 rounds to retain his WBC and WBA heavyweight titles. Their rematch came three years later as Ali got his revenge, ...
Sape emerged during the colonial era, first in Brazzaville and later in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), when young Congolese began ... particularly under the regime of President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ...
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DR Congo: The endless mirage of Freedom
In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...