The sweet desires of youth sound, wild with power, On strings of brass, in burning tambourines. And from that mighty music ...

Persisting tension in the Great Lakes region has significant implications for India’s economic interests, geopolitical ...

The memoirs of the Central African revolutionary Andrée Blouin tell the story of a woman who witnessed firsthand the ecstatic ...

The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

On their new album, two of the most celebrated composers and players in the jazz world pay homage to the pursuit of purpose ...

The curator of contemporary art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on her cultural passions ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, political tensions, regional power struggles and battles over its natural resources ...

Left to right: DRC Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba ... November 1963: The Mulelist rebellion In 1961, after Lumumba's assassination, the so-called Lovanium Conclave was organised to bring together ...

I want the cartels who killed my husband to pay a price for their crimes. But what about the other families who have lost loved ones to cartel violence and are still waiting for justice?

From the time Patrice Lumumba was assassinated, the interests of the Europeans and many other Western nations decided to tear that nation apart," Ako told DW. He argues that the DRC's vast mineral ...