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...
The open pit of the giant Kibali mine in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a yawning beige crater in dense forest, could turn a remote corner...
Uganda on Thursday said it wanted to borrow $145 million from the World Bank to revamp infrastructure in the Albertine region where it discovered commercial oil...
Carlo Lekea, a nattily dressed 22-year-old resident of Kinshasa, has just created the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) first mobile phone application. The app is a...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to hit 5.2 per cent, up from 4.7 per cent, the World Bank has said. “This performance is boosted by...
Ethiopian Airlines is holding negotiations with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the establishment of a new start up airline in Central...
The World Bank is likely to approve $73 million next week to fund an expansion of the Inga hydroelectric dam in Democratic Republic of Congo, a...
Rwanda says it is likely to miss its 2013 economic growth forecast of 6.6 percent after the performance of the service sector fell short of expectations...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
