Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

The Scott County Health Department and partners is hosting a Winter Wellness Event at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 417 N. Main St. in Davenport on Monday, Jan. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon.

FORT MOSE 1738, a designer fashion collection, combines West African traditional textiles and prints with western silhouettes.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern ... Residents of Goma described seeing soldiers changing into ...

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into ...

In a video message, Congo's Defense Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita ... Residents of Goma described seeing soldiers changing into civilian clothing and dropping their guns as they crossed over ...

He said their plans included a chain grocery store, two clothing stores, a sporting goods store, a couple of craft stores and a beauty supply store. Another larger store may go on the backside of ...