The Kinshasa Fashion Lab, a France-supported initiative at the Regional Fashion Institute in Africa (IRMA), hosted its first showcase where 12 designers from five Central African countries presented ...

We are in the quickening heart of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where metrics like per capita ...

Tedros Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa ahead of a planned visit to the eastern province of Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak. We speak to an investor that returned to Congo to grow chillis. And ...

Sewing machines whirred across bold fabrics at a Kinshasa atelier where Congolese tailors and their style-savvy customers have revived a suit long ...

At a France-backed workshop in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, a dozen designers from five central African countries showcase their vision after six months of free training in developing their own ...

Congolese authorities announce that suspected Ebola cases in the country's east have now climbed over 900.

In one of the richest yet poorest countries on Earth, a unique subculture is redefining identity through style. The Sapeurs of Kinshasa turn fashion into art, performance, and even survival in ways ...

Popularized in the 1970s by former president Mobutu Sese Seko, the collarless jacket was introduced as a symbol of African ...

Hyunji Lee, Task Team Leader and Urban Development Specialist at the World Bank Group. Kinshasa generates 12,000 tonnes of waste daily - 98% openly dumped or burned. The World Bank's new $250 million ...