Local officials in Central African Republic say that nine people have been killed and more than 700 houses burned down.

The town's mayor slammed the rebel group for having "no respect for human life" after scorching nearly 700 hundred homes to ...

This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major Congolese cities, Kinshasa and Goma. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SOUTH ...

A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.

Donald Trump’s attempt to align foreign aid with his America First policy is too blunt and will have deadly consequences.

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...

Born in the early-to-mid 1990s, Ali was until recently one of the most senior figures in the Lord's Resistance Army, the rebel group created in northern Uganda in the second half of the 1980s and led ...

The “total fertility rate” is a coarse estimate of the number of children an average woman will bear. A population will be ...

the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Chad, Niger, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, as well as military assistance to others. This large military presence has long been controversial. Historically ...

alleged leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic, are accused of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The trial of Ali Mohammed Ali ...