Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... and to protect Tutsis, the ethnic group partly extinguished by ...

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the ...

The East African country Eritrea has been named a ‘mini Italy’, and with their close links within history, it’s no surprise. In 1890, Eritrea became an Italian colony and was the main base for the ...

Vladimir Putin grabbed much of Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used ...

At the same time it maps and gathers voices that are not often ... despite the colonial demarcations separating us, and the ethnic differences. Tinashe Mushakavanhu: Exploring southern Africa through ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

Opinion - I'd promised myself that I wouldn't watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but I failed miserably. On Monday, overcome with morbid curiosity and armed with a hot cup of tea, I watched the ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...