The zoo's dusty Congo Falls site is still under construction, but will soon be home to a troop of eight gorillas.

Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead.

As global trade tensions intensify, the increasing demand for elements from the lesser known corners of the periodic table is ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis’s legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening appear ...

A group of Arsenal supporters have opted for a satirical approach in their campaign against the club's sponsorship deal with ...

Barely two years into his papacy, Pope Francis stole the hearts of millions of Africans. In 2015, the pope made ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Democratic Republic of Congo suspended former President Joseph Kabila's political party and ordered his assets seized over ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria's economic hub ...

The DRC suspended ordered Joseph Kabila's assets seized over accusations of supporting Rwandan-backed rebels in the east.