This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame attends a joint summit to address conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, hosted by ...

Their role in technology and the global economy has made countries with rare earths a key focus in geopolitical discussions.

Maps illustrate how the SAF has regained ground, closing in on Khartoum. But these advances do not promise peace. Fatalities ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told ...

Analysis - Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make connections with what they can see. Being able to see prominent ...

With Morocco stealing many Brits away from the Canaries, we look at the other rising hotspots we’re now defecting to ...

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately ... Rwanda waged the First Congo War against Zaire with the help of other African states (most significantly Uganda, but also Angola ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...