The latest wave of bullish commentary about the continent recycles familiar blind spots. A decade after "Africa Rising" faded, the real prerequisites for transformation remain stubbornly...
By Dishant Shah The most powerful river in Africa carves its way through one of its most troubled nations. The Congo River’s hydroelectric potential is, by...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Most African nations inherited their juridical sovereignty from colonial administrations that dominated the continent from the mid-19th century. Their borders – drawn...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu A stark challenge has emerged to the diplomatic consensus taking shape in Washington last week: while world powers negotiate with governments over...
By Des H Rikhotso In the heart of Africa lies a nation of staggering contradictions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). At once a...
By Godfred Zina On September 3, 2025, a quiet but significant meeting took place in Washington, D.C., where officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
By NJ Ayuk To any newcomer navigating the congested, fast-paced freeways of Los Angeles, California, the sheer volume of traffic is only part of the story....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are currently grappling with devastating floods, as relentless rains cause rivers to overflow and displace...
By Mary Alorh As the first pope hailing from the Global South, Pope Francis brought a profound understanding of the entrenched issues of inequality, imperialism, and...
By Dishant Shah It’s a question that has sparked curiosity – and often heated debate. On the surface, Africa appears to be a geological jackpot, brimming...
By Mary Alorh The M23 rebel group emerged in 2012 from a mutiny by disgruntled Congolese soldiers frustrated by the government’s failure to uphold the 2009...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The uranium used in the creation of the first atomic bombs was largely sourced from the mines of the Lubumbashi area in...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is that of a resource-rich territory that is faced with one conflict or...
President Félix Tshisekedi officially inaugurated the first flight of Air Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s new national airline, on Tuesday. The airline is a joint...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 2021, a coup in the Republic of Guinea ended over a decade of constitutional governance. The military justified their actions by...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), in partnership with the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has approved up to US$200 million in funding for the...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The support of local actors from various groups and backgrounds has been crucial for achieving tactical, operational, and strategic military success, particularly...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 2022, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the second-largest and fourth-most populous country in Africa, joined the East African Community...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In recent months, significant events in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have created potential risks that could destabilize neighboring countries...
By James Boafo, Eric Stemn, Jacob Obodai and Philip Nti Nkrumah Global demand for critical minerals, particularly lithium, is growing rapidly to meet clean energy and...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone a remarkable evolution from a desert-based economy to one of the most economically diverse states...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday appointed the country’s first ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka to...
Bloomberg | Africa could have its first cobalt sulphate refinery by the end of 2025, one of the few outside of China capable of making the...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Last week the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) validated the re-election of Felix Tshisekedi. For an election...
AFP | DR Congo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the mineral-rich massive...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On the last day of December 2023 Felix Tshisekedi, the incumbent president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), was the...
AP | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70 percent of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday. The...
Reuters | The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved over US$696 million in financing for a rail project to link Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic...
AP | Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege kicked off his campaign for president in next month’s election on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) President Felix Tshisekedi launched his re-election bid on Sunday in a packed-to-capacity stadium in the capital Kinshasa, urging...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Integration in Africa was one of the pressing topics in the 1950s and 1960s. At a point, disagreement over how to achieve...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the 1950s, Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Kwame Nkrumah, was clear about what the newly independent state needed – a...
AP | The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east...
Bird Story Agency | Tanzania and Burundi have floated a tender for designing and constructing an electrified railway that will initially connect the two countries and...
By Gregory Simpkins The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) June Global Trends reported that by the end of 2021, the number of people displaced...
Reuters | Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament on Wednesday voted to remove Economy Minister Jean-Marie Kalumba from his post, blaming him for the soaring price of...
Bloomberg | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) joined the East African Community (EAC), bringing the regional trading bloc’s market size to a quarter of...
Bloomberg | African governments are playing catch-up in vaccinating their populations against the coronavirus, with just 12 percent of the continent’s 1.3 billion people fully inoculated...
Reuters | The vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament Jean-Marc Kabund resigned on Friday over what he described as “bullying”, “humiliation” and “torture”. Kabund,...
Actor Forest Whitaker and best-selling author Dambisa Moyo join group of NBA Africa investors.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$1.5 million grant to assess policy gaps in the digital trade and e-commerce...
"Chinese investments in Africa are “going on very well. The next thing I would ask from them is to allow our products to enter their market...
Two-way trade for the year to the end of August shows 40 percent rise from coronavirus-hit 2020
AFP | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have urged residents of the eastern city of Goma to evacuate after a volcano overlooking...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold presidential and legislative elections on November 27, 2016. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila, will not run for office – as...
At least 37 people have been reported killed in a train crash in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Katanga province on Tuesday, a witness and a local...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a peace deal with the M23 rebels it had been fighting until they laid down their arms last...
The M23 rebel group, blamed for the revolt in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R. Congo) over the last year and a half, has announced...
By Carlos Lopes Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)-management of its mineral and natural resources. More than 500...
Bosco Ntaganda. PHOTO/Getty Images Barely a week after 11 African Union leaders met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa in a bid to find a solution...
(Reuters) – Eleven African leaders signed a peace deal yesterday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Aerial view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River. PHOTO/UNEP With an estimated cost of US$80 billion, the Grand Inga Hydropower Project in the...
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from two towns captured from government troops, following a deal brokered by Uganda, their military leader...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
Joseph Kony. PHOTO/AFP The African Union (AU) said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila‘s chief adviser has been killed in a plane crash, along with a co-pilot, near the eastern town of...
A new national railway master plan to connect Cameroon to Chad, the Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Angola as well as...
Congo’s president has been sworn in for another term after an election contested by the country’s main opposition candidate. President Joseph Kabila’s inauguration went ahead Tuesday...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s supreme court confirms President Joseph Kabila’s election victory. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s party called on Wednesday for mass protests to “protect” the victory he claims to have won in disputed...
There have been appeals for calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the victory of President Joseph Kabila in disputed elections. Main opposition candidate Etienne...
Partial results issued by Congo’s electoral commission overnight make it all but certain that President Joseph Kabila will be declared the winner, setting the stage for...
The spokesman for The Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission said that the body is working to release results of last week’s election before midnight Tuesday...
Preliminary results from Congo’s presidential election show incumbent Joseph Kabila leading opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, although the country’s election chief warned only a small percentage of...
After a campaign marred by violence between government and opposition supporters, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s chief rivals in national elections were expected to hold final...
Immediate past president Rupiah Banda (pictured), has been appointed to lead an election observer mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Banda has accepted to...
Map of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Few in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Katanga copper belt are happy with local provincial governor...
KINSHASA, Congo — An official in Congo’s east says authorities have stopped a U.N.-registered vehicle carrying more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of minerals near the...
KINSHASA, Congo — The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election, a vote that...
KINSHASA, Congo — Official from regional airline says Congo passenger plane has crashed; death toll unknown. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material...
