Its growing skyline reflects its importance among Africa's biggest cities. 5. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (5.72 million) Kinshasa, situated along the Congo River, is the largest ...

Even as Africa’s cities are crowded with inhabitants — but not dense with capital — they are physically fragmented and dispersed. They develop as collections of small, scattered neighborhoods. Without ...

According to projections by the Global Cities Institute, the future belongs to Africa. By 2100, 13 of the world’s largest megacities will be on the continent, while India will claim three.

A staggering new £11.6bn African metropolis that is being built between two important cities is hoping to transform a country's fortunes. Konza Technopolis, often called “Silicon Savannah ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ... Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two strategically important cities in eastern DR Congo in under a month ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...