Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. With supply chains disrupted, prices of some staples have jumped.

Prepare to be enchanted as you set foot on the shores of Lake Kivu, a mesmerizing jewel nestled in the heart of East Africa.

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The unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, part of a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide, has ...

A provision in a draft law regulating healthcare services in Rwanda has drawn criticism from medical professionals for proposing that unclaimed bodies be kept in hospital mortuaries for up to 21 days ...

"We often receive decomposing corpses recovered from rivers or Lake Kivu. These bodies quickly degrade and damage our refrigerated mortuary units. In some cases, they must be buried within a day ...

A man unloads bananas as he moves past a M23 rebels' tax collector at the quay where pirogues arrive with goods to be sold at Kituku market on the bank of Lake Kivu, in Goma, which is controlled ...

Bulonza Nzarimo Faustin said the taxes he pays to transport charcoal from the island of Idjwi on Lake Kivu to Goma now total around 25% of the value of the goods, leaving him little profit.

For creatives, techies, and returnees, secondary cities are no longer seen as consolation prizes — they are, increasingly, ...

The mayor of the DR Congo town near where a boat caught fire earlier this week told AFP on Saturday that at least 33 people had died in the disaster, significantly fewer than previously reported.