Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

When was the last time you saw a video of Wazalendo militiamen in eastern DR Congo killing a Tutsi civilian, then burning the body on a bed of charcoal and consuming parts of it? There was no getting ...

African leaders increasingly neglect homegrown initiatives, instead bowing to foreign ...

The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now face a task as mundane as it is daunting: governing.