Mali’s path to democracy is looking increasingly rocky, after its interim President, Dioncounda Traoré, was assaulted in his Bamako headquarters by supporters of the former putsch leader, Captain Sanogo. In the country’s North, Islamists are also trying to lay down the law. Next, weary of being a poster-child for an African war, Sierra Leone is working hard to bring back tourists. Finally, an exhibit here in Paris pays tribute to an often forgotten episode of Madagascar's history.
Rebels fighters from the FDLR, or the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, have killed at least 50 civilians since the start of May in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Wednesday.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
The stars of the first major motion picture in decades to come out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo talk about the multi-award winning film "Viva Riva". Also on the show: a Paris exhibition celebrates the work of iconic French photographer Robert Doisneau, and the Louvre gets the super Mario factor as visitors are given computer consoles as guides.
Security forces loyal to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila committed serious human rights violations, including killings and torture, during last year’s tense elections, the United Nations said in a report released Tuesday.
The International Criminal Court’s first conviction of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has reopened the debate on why the court has only tackled cases from Africa. But is that a fair charge?
The ICC convicts one rebel chief for pushing children into war, but another is still on the run. We look at how a viral video just might help bring Ugandan Joseph Kony to justice. Next, one year after the brutal conflict in Ivory Coast, investigators head to Duékoué in search of mass graves. Finally, violence in northern Mali is forcing more and more Westerners to flee- we meet the the last remaining Frenchman in Timbuktu.
The International Criminal Court will aim for the "maximum" sentence against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, its chief prosecutor said on Thursday. Lubanga was convicted by the ICC on Wednesday of abducting children and forcing them to fight.
Delivering its first ruling since it was founded a decade ago, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese rebel warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and deploying child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Small detonations have shaken Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, for a second day after a fire inside an arms depot on Sunday set off a series of violent explosions that flattened buildings and killed at least 213 people.
