Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko, right, flanked by his new Prime Minister General Likulia Bolongo, left, raises his stick ...

In addition to putting his name on stuff, Mr Trump is energetically putting his picture on stuff, too. Gigantic banners ...

But there’s no arch high enough, no ballroom gilded enough, to distract from the mountain of corruption he’s constructing.

Sewing machines whirred across bold fabrics at a Kinshasa atelier where Congolese tailors and their style-savvy customers ...

America spent decades lecturing Africa about strongmen and state capture, but Trump’s IRS settlement and $1.8 billion ...

The killing of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's first democratically-elected prime minister, shaped decades of crisis, failed ...

On May 16, 1985, the NBA named the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan rookie of the year after he led all players in points.

On May 16, 1985, the NBA named the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan rookie of the year after he led all players in points.

The article argues that unlike past regimes that feared politically conscious artists, today’s Kenyan government increasingly ...

A rightwing plot?” had our newsroom in stitches and very neatly summarised the shortcomings of the nation’s leading smoke-and ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa. In DR Congo, exhibit reveals nostalgia for former ...