Map: The Economist Goma is more than 1,500km east of Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, but just 100km west of Kigali, the Rwandan one. It is the hub of what Mr Kagame sees as Rwanda’s sphere of ...

Why are the rebels, known as M23, grabbing parts of eastern Congo ... and devices. Congo’s mines are making the rebels — and their patrons in Rwanda — rich. A map of Africa highlights ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been a refuge ... may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk ...

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

Feb. 1, 2025 After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are ...

Holding an emergency meeting following advances by the 23 March Movement, or M23, towards the city of Goma in the Democratic ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. GLOBAL MARKETS U.S. stock futures ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to ...

Currently there are an estimated 6,000 elephants left in the wild in eastern Congo, down from approximately 22,000 before ... conservation survey and patrol teams in the DRC, and a map of elephant ...

A year after the Brussels conference, Stanley concluded the epic journey which had turned him into a media star as his articles, books, diaries, maps entranced British ... Today, much of east and ...

The light-rail tracks would remain elevated after crossing Lady Bird Lake, as illustrated in the earlier map above. Heading west, the tracks would not touch ground until just before reaching South ...