Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirms that several African presidents with lengthy tenures first came to power through freedom movements. Over time, many used harsh tactics to secure their authority ...

Film Forum’s upcoming revival of that woebegone milestone is accompanied by Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, a ...

For many, it only began last year, after the murder of George Floyd. The Black Lives Matter protests about police brutality in the United States were mirrored in Europe, where strains of racism are ...

Directed by Johan Grimonprez, it cut deep into the blood-and-rubber ties between Belgium and Congo, shining a light on the United Nations, jazz as a political agent and the plot to assassinate Congo’s ...

Victor Vail, of Lewiston, was recently presented with a Quilt of Valor. Vic enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1956. His basic ...

Dua Lipa is an English-Albanian singer, songwriter, actress, and model who has a net worth of $35 million. Dua Lipa rose to ...

Rod Wave was born Rodarius Marcell Green on August 27, 1999, in St. Petersburg, Florida. His parents separated when he was in ...

Discover the journey of Bishop Joseph Tolton, a trailblazing minister who is reviving Pan Africanism to fight for LGBTQIA+ rights in Africa.

On the same day, King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium. 1898: Joshua Slocum completes ... as its economic crisis deepens, closing schools and bringing public ...

Congo -- History -- 1908-1960 Photographer Gorlia, Emile E.O. Emile Gorlia photographs Summary Photographs taken by Judge Emile E.O. Gorlia during five journeys through the Belgian Congo and two ...

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a ...