For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have taken control of most of Goma – a major city of ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three peacekeeping missions. The UN intervened for the first time in ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo "We will continue the march of ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates ...

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...