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          Congo

          Latest updates on the Central African country also known as DR Congo. It is a resource-rich nation struggling with conflict, governance and humanitarian issues

          Angry residents of this eastern Congo city burned the town hall and stormed the UN peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, after Allied Democratic Forces rebels killed eight people and kidnapped nine overnight in an attack earlier this year. AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro

          Militants kill 22 in eastern DR Congo

          AfricaDecember 15, 2019
          Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he addresses his supporters via a screen. Reuters, file

          US sanctions millionaire Hezbollah moneymen as Nasrallah speaks

          December 14, 2019
          Rescue boats evacuate families after their houses were flooded in K'akola village in Nyando sub-county in Kisumu, Kenya on December 3, 2019. AFP

          Heavy rains claim 22 people in Uganda

          AfricaDecember 08, 2019
          Celebrities at the Abu Dhabi F1: Steven Seagal, Lana Del Rey and Nomzamo Mbatha. Instagram, Twitter

          Abu Dhabi F1: Lana Del Rey and other celebrities spotted at Yas

          MusicDecember 05, 2019
          A gold miner holds a gold nugget at an unlicensed mine in Burkina Faso. Reuters

          Between a rock and a hard place: Africa struggles to distance itself from its colonial past

          CommentDecember 05, 2019
          A farmer carries a hose to water his field in Tica, near Beira in Mozambique. Africa offers investment opportunities across sectors, including agriculture, as countries look to modernise their infrastructures. AFP

          UAE investments into Africa to flourish says Standard Chartered exec

          BankingDecember 02, 2019
          Around 11,000 passengers were left scrambling for alternative flights when a strike hit heavily-indebted South African Airlines last week. Reuters

          South Africa's flagship airline set for crash landing

          AviationNovember 25, 2019
          Majid Saif Al Ghurair, chairman of Dubai Chamber, addressing Global Business Forum Africa in Dubai. Courtesy Dubai Chamber

          Dubai's non-oil trade with Africa to touch Dh1 trillion over nine years

          EconomyNovember 18, 2019
          Samaila Zubairu, president and chief executive of Africa Finance Corporation. Getty Images

          Africa Finance to spend $1.5bn in 2020 development projects across continent

          EconomyNovember 18, 2019
          Adia is hosting more than 180 representatives of sovereign wealth funds, Africa focused asset managers, bankers at a two-day event in the capital that looks at the investment potential of the African continent. Delores Johnson / The National

          Adia hosts global investors and sovereign funds to make investments in Africa

          EconomyNovember 17, 2019
          European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the Paris Peace Forum Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Paris AP

          Von der Leyen promises ‘more outward-looking Europe’

          EuropeNovember 12, 2019
          French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Peace Forum, which will feature 27 heads of state, numerous leaders of businesses and NGOs, as well as various actors in civil society. Reuters

          Macron hosts Paris Peace Forum to address global challenges

          EuropeNovember 11, 2019
          Alarm bells were set off when a renowned white-collar crime lawyer was followed to St. Lucia by a surveillance firm. Getty Images

          Lawyer's spying accusation lifts lid on world of corporate surveillance

          BusinessOctober 20, 2019
          Idlib remains the last remaining stronghold for the rebels in their fight against government forces. AFP

          As the Syrian Civil War drags on, the world must not turn its back on it

          CommentOctober 06, 2019
          A person dressed in Ebola protective apparel is seen inside an Ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. Reuters

          WHO accused of rationing Ebola vaccine in DR Congo

          AfricaSeptember 23, 2019
          Jeannot, 28-years-old, Ebola virus survivor and deputy manager at a carpentry shop is seen inside the grouds of his workshop in Beni, north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on September 17, 2019. AFP

          Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine

          AfricaSeptember 21, 2019
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