History often paints a complex picture of its key figures. This article delves into the lives of 20 individuals who were ...

The unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, part of a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide, has ...

The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now ...

Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Management and Reform SungAh Lee called for urgent ...

An Iron Brigade soldier’s legacy lives on in his Civil War diary, preserved and shared by his descendants. Charles H. Walker, who settled in Rio after the war, recorded his nearly four years of ...

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...

All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, need to be held accountable for sustaining the bloodbath in the conflict-riven eastern ...

Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...