A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

Faith healer Julie Kaviavu threw a handful of grains into the fire and lit a cigarette as she prepared to ask the dead for ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The Mardi Gras Indians continue to evolve with the times, yet they remain a lasting reflection of the foundation of deep ...

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...

Together with shoes supplied by Manolo Blahnik and hats by Virna Pasquinelli, the Tolu Coker women felt empowered, polished and worldly.

Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

We begin in the DRC, where oral history preserves rich identities and traditions. Next ... Similar stories from Democratic Republic of Congo ...

What started as a collaboration between a New Orleans tour company and the Red River Chamber of Commerce in 1992 has evolved into a beloved six-day tradition, drawing thousands from across the ...

While Yang’s work draws strength from premodern sources such as folk traditions ... these creatures include elements from Punjabi culture, such as goat bells and hair ornaments.

It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held ...