The city isn't just one of the wealthiest in Africa, but is also surrounded by 70 square miles of plains, cliffs and forest.

In East Africa a slave trade was well established ... under the leadership of Msiri and Mirambo, who established a trading and raiding state in the 1850's which linked up with the Ovimbundu ...

a city of more than a million people that sits on the edge of a crystalline lake, the M23 rebels would now control the two largest trading hubs in Congo’s mineral-rich east. We are having ...

Closed banks, diverted trade routes, confusing customs decisions and border closures are ...