In early April, the Trump administration finally tapped a senior adviser for Africa: Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

The direct talks between M23 and DRC – which Kinshasa had consistently refused – and the joint declaration are positive steps. But they unfold against an increasingly fragile political landscape in ...

Donald Trump has been labelled the "dumbest President ever" after his six-word comment about the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This comes before Donald Trump was slammed for showing 'assassination ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall.It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred ...

Analysis - The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has ...

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand to attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin ...

While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods. By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal ...

Kinshasa is prone to frequent and deadly flooding during the rainy season, ... Eye on Africa. 07/04/2025. DR Congo: Kinshasa flood death toll rises as Tshisekedi meets victims.

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent’s vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

Uganda has had soldiers in eastern Congo helping Kinshasa fight Islamist militants since 2021. It recently sent reinforcements , upping troop numbers to 5,000 - 6,000 .