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.
The spectre of a rapacious king and the legacy of European colonialism hang over Lubumbashi in the DRC, writes Anton Goosen.
Mapping the precise flows of conflict weaponry in Africa is an arduous task given the number of militias operating in the DRC alone.
Ice on the Rwenzori mountain range is melting at "disturbing" rates, and within two decades Africa’s equatorial peaks will be bare rock.
A third of the Central African Republic refugees in Boyabo are aged between 18 and 30, and they are "dangerously" idle.
Residents in the capital of the DRC have been left to feel uneasy after gunfire erupted throughout the city and several reporters were taken hostage.
After a deadly attack by rebels in DRC’s Kamango, SA helicopters in the UN intervention force have helped the country’s troops take back the town.
A grisly attack in eastern DRC has left 21 people dead, and several women and children raped, mutilated and beheaded, says the UN.
In a landmark intelligence-gathering exercise, the UN will begin using drones in the DRC to monitor its border and movements by armed groups.
The DRC and defeated M23 rebels are set to sign a peace deal in what the UN hopes will be a key step in efforts to end decades of war.
UN experts have accused Uganda and Rwanda of backing M23 rebels, and despite denials, officials in Kigali have been anxious over the turn of events.
A South African company has begun work on the Kibali mine in the DRC, set to be one of the biggest mines in Africa upon completion.
South African diplomats celebrate Jacob Zuma’s military and diplomatic interventions contribution to the surrender of the M23 rebels in the DRC.
The Catholic activist has warned the world not to sweep the leader of the LRA under the carpet.
The rising gold price has boosted AngloGold Ashanti’s headline earnings for the first quarter in four.
The Democratic Republic of Congo army plans an "imminent" attack on Rwandan Hutu rebels based in the powder keg east of the country.
Jacob Zuma has reiterated at a joint SADC and Great Lakes Region summit that "security and stability" in the areas are integral to the meeting.