He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to ...

For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...

Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, ...

Congo's former colonial power. Spanning more than 3,000 square miles, Virunga is home to many of the world's last mountain gorillas, yet much of the park is under rebel control and fighting has ...

In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resource ...

Belgium’s interests in DR Congo extend beyond the current crisis and the destabilisation of Rwanda. According to research, these interests are deeply rooted in a colonial-era agenda aimed at the ...