As cardinals prepare to elect Pope Francis' successor on 7 May, a number of names are being seen as potential candidates.

Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to ...

He led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was just 29 at ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...

DR CONGO: TROOPS from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have begun to leave eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

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

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has spent years capturing Africa’s wildlife on camera. Interview by Bryony Cottam ...

These are some of the leading liberal and conservative contenders to lead the Catholic Church, following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 ...

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is asking his party’s candidate vying to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor to step aside.