Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...

The burden of conflict on women and girls in Eastern Africa is a failure of global responsibility. Every statistic represents ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, ...

At just 18, Belange Mutanda left her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo to move to Iowa so she could pursue her dreams of studying design and fashion. Now, with her own fashion line, she raises ...

The Trump administration’s decision to cut nearly 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts is expected to severely impact malaria ...

Power moves Mixed picture for women's representation in politics Okeri Ngutjinazo From Namibia to Ghana, recent appointments of women to top political positions have been encouraging. But with more ...

The least important group of countries (1,55% of the votes) is led by Gabon and brings together African countries ... hand in hand with extreme violence against women In the Democratic Republic of the ...

Dr. Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed as President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) for a second four-year term.

Government's planned mission to the US has stalled because South Africa is struggling to get a foot in the door in Washington ...

Liberian international referees Sylvina W. Garnett and Hannah Moses have been selected by the Confederation of African ...