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

France Drops Case Against Apple Over DR Congo "Blood Minerals" | Firstpost Africa | N18G Prosecutors in France have dropped a ...

Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the country ...

Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, ...

Kotoka International Airport – in Accra has been seen an insult by Pan-Africanists and a painful reminder of the collusion ...

Laurent Kabila was assassinated in a 2001 coup attempt planned by his aides and guards. Those involved were imprisoned, and Kabila’s son, Joseph Kabila, took power. The Second Congo War was ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 militant group has overrun eastern Congo's two major cities in recent weeks, deepening a dire humanitarian crisis and sparking open talk of a coup against President Felix ...

Burundi Reportedly Withdraws Troops, M23 Marches Towards Butembo | Firstpost Africa | N18G Reports suggest that Burundi has reportedly begun withdrawing its troops from the DR Congo’s east, in a fresh ...

and persecute opponents," said Bolsonaro. The five charges against the accused include the crimes of "coup d'etat," the "attempt to violently abolish the democratic rule of law" and "armed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People board the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was ...