Bloomberg News describes Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda for the last quarter century, as “the West’s favorite autocrat.” ...

Frank Williams will enter the Akron Public Schools Athletics Hall of Fame. He also championed Virgil Brown's posthumous ...

Bertil Lintner reviews new books about U Thant, the Burmese schoolmaster who helmed the UN during its heyday, and about Vladimir Putin’s desperate attempts to find support in the East.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health authorities and organizations are sounding the alarm, warning they lack the funds and resources to mount an ...

DAKAR - The Democratic Republic of Congo will lift its ban on cobalt exports from October 16 and manage global supply by imposing annual export quotas, the country’s strategic minerals regulator said ...

In the heart of Africa, in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, new recruits are being trained for battle. The scores of militia groups that have fought for three decades in one of ...

North Korea shows off long-range missiles it claims can hit US mainland ...

Islamist massacres against Christians in Africa are becoming more and more common, with the latest attack occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 64 people were killed on Sept. 8 when ...

The cobalt export suspension from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will expire on October 15. The restriction, imposed in February, extended in June and again on Sunday, had a profound impact on ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will allow some cobalt exports to resume from next month, as the world’s biggest producer of the metal said quotas would replace a months-long ban on shipments. The ...