He has the background and the skills to stand for the job, yet Benin’s economy and finance minister will not be putting ...

The US is feeling pressure to intervene after its embassy in Kinshasa was attacked on Tuesday by anti-M23 offensive ...

Where the Wind Comes From’, a film debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in the US, captures the exuberance of being young ...

The eastern DRC city of Goma was seized by M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies on 26 January. Residents have emerged to count ...

Gerard Rheinberger, managing director of the Simandou project, discusses the site’s world-class ore quality, its role in ...

Grappling with myriad economic pressures, MTN Nigeria’s CEO Karl Toriola argues that tariff hikes are necessary to sustain ...

Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.

Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...

They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading ...

Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...

The DRC’s Gécamines is forging new partnerships with the US, Japan and France amid soaring demand for critical minerals, but ...

As confusion and internal feud deepen in Kenya’s main opposition party, it’s scribe has taken a swipe at party officials for ...