In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white jersey ...

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 ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Fast fashion describes cheap, stylish, mass-produced clothes that ...

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

If New York, Paris, Milan and London are the four fashion capitals of the world, then figuratively speaking, Instagram is easily the fifth. As trends disappear as quickly as they arrive, and as the ...

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 ...