The Senate on Monday confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump's efforts to achieve U.S. ''energy dominance'' in the ...

WHENEVER the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mentioned, two things come to mind- the first is goldmine and glory, and ...

If there is one thing that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can rely on, it is the world’s boundless ability to look the other way. The Congolese people, subjected to unspeakable horrors for ...

African countries plan a fresh push at international summits this year for standard measures of economic strength such as GDP ...

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the importance of sound, and the Pier Paolo Pasolini adaptation he is hoping to ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

The conflicts serve as a real-time reminder that the America First policy is not tantamount to Washington’s total disregard ...

On January 27, 2025, as M23 announced it had taken control of Goma, my phone rang. It was my friend Esther. This was our first call of the year after exchanging New Year greetings. Esther is a young ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region ...

Images of devastation in Goma have begun to shift attention toward the crisis in DR Congo, pushing celebrities to boycott Rwanda.

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s ...