Announcement comes as SA increases pressure on President Kabila to stick to the new election timetable
Across the continent, musicians are not only a symbolic soundtrack for struggles – they are marching on the frontlines and leading social movements.
Somaliland is not just any other country. Technically, it’s a not a country at all.
Amidst political instability and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, voter registration and preparation for elections are being welcomed
The Congolese President’s strategy of delaying elections through technical delays is working perfectly.
"Not only do the two presidents like each other, but there is also a business connection between their two families."
‘Scientists do not yet know exactly where the Ebola virus hides between outbreaks but nearly all experts agree that another outbreak is inevitable.’
Defending champions the Ivory Coast and Morocco on Monday became just the latest strongly fancied teams to fail to deliver in Gabon.
South Africa seems to have adopted an incredibly narrow understanding of how countries help each other.
Radio in both the DRC and Mozambique is helping people to deal with queer issues that are rarely ever discussed
Discussing development cooperation between the DRC and South Africa is necessary, as it is indicative of a different type of development assistance.
Interethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians
The Democratic Republic of Congo is escalating towards a crisis that could match the violence of its neighbour.
Bemba’s MLC troops helped put down an attempted coup in neighbouring CAR, in months-long campaign of horrific abuses against civilian population.
An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the ‘Blue Helmets’.
Sovereign bonds in sub-Saharan countries bring a false sense of alternative funding and huge debt
The Panama Papers have thrown fresh light on the massive scam involving the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining concessions.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this season, El Niño affects 550 000 people, bringing hunger and hardship.
More UN troops in the DRC are accused of abusing those they were meant to protect – and face paternity claims from their alleged victims.
The president’s office has kept mum on allegations that Khulubuse Zuma stashed away money in the British Virgin Islands in 2010.
The judgement is the first to recognise sexual violence as a weapon of war, as well as the highest profile leader.
Indicators are that the government does not intend sticking to constitutional deadlines, and is instead pursuing a strategy of delaying elections.
The leader of rebel group M23 has warned that the peace deal signed two years ago could fail because of the state’s lack of commitment.
In the shadow of some tall bushes, 70-year-old Bakazi Ndazimo was raped by two soldiers while neighbours quietly closed their curtains.
DRC, the continent’s beautiful and precarious heart, sits once again upon a ticking bomb.
The AU’s long-term goal of peace and prosperity will be a pipe dream unless it tackles gender issues.
Quietly and in incremental steps an energy megaproject is taking shape in one of Africa’s least-developed countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Racism and the financial meltdown kept a Congolese master chef down and out in Belgium. Back at home, he has finally won the stardom he fought for.
Fifteen of the 20 men suspected of attempting to overthrow DRC President Joseph Kabila two years ago say they were caught up in a money-making scam.
Fifteen Congolese men, accused of plotting to overthrow Congo’s president and undergoing military training at a Limpopo farm, have been released.
Japanese researchers have developed a new test for Ebola, which they say is quicker and cheaper than the current method used.