Lionel Kizaba belongs to a cadre of free-thinking African diaspora musicians animating the vibrant global music scene in Montreal. Born and raised in Kinshasa, Congo, he came to Canada in 2011 and has ...

A jury couldn't reached a unanimous verdict Thursday in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022.

Jay-Z's Roc Nation has artists who make the hits, break the charts, and, yeah, probably own a little piece of the culture, ...

Diamond Platnumz, with his sharp choreography, relentless work ethic, and pop-oriented sound, brought a new level of polish ...

Robert Munene, a singer and dancer, is best known in the art world as a leading champion of Afro-Latin music in Kenya.

Representatives from the Congolese government and the M23/AFC (Mouvement of 23rd March/Alliance of the Congo River) rebel groups have agreed on halting the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Country trio Chapel Hart romped through a crowd-pleasing cover of Dolly Parton’s classic “9 to 5” on the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s main stage Friday afternoon.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday (April 25, 2025) will host the signing of an agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo following a truce pledge, officials said.

“I was inspired by secular rap to make Christian rap,” explains Jean Pierre Mongambi, a 44-year-old Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who is also a rapper. “This music, ...

Freed Mushaga is a refugee from Bukavu in the war-torn eastern DR Congo who is currently residing ... The rising Congolesse star is the winner of the Music in Africa Live 2022 Programme and ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other's sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May. The deal was signed by the two countries ...

Doha: The State of Qatar welcomes the signing of the Declaration of Principles between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda in ...