As fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on, a growing number of women in the country are turning to slam poetry ...

This article explores the history, rules, and impact of Sape, highlighting its deep connection with music and its role in ...

The electronic and experimental music band KOKOKO! didn’t record its albums in studios, or even really indoors, in its birthplace of Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of ...

A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to children who ate bat meat in January.

At just 18, Belange Mutunda left her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo to move to Iowa so she could pursue her dreams ...

Congo DR forward is desperate to cap his seismic rise by taking the nation back to a first FIFA World Cup since 1974.

The Congolese ministry of arts and culture described the incident as an "assassination". "A committed voice, he carried, through his music, the aspirations and hopes of an entire generation," the ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma ...

Yet the war unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains an afterthought. A bloody conflict is met with condemnations but no meaningful action. This stark contrast is not just neglect ...