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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to become huge and of long duration.
In eastern DRC, a hydropower mini-grid shows how access to electricity happens through public-private partnerships and community programmes.
Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues experienced during those days of terror.
The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of disaster.
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised conflict.
Current initiatives to bring peace in eastern DRC have been ineffective as they are routinely violated.
After capturing the key city of Goma, the M23 rebels in eastern Congo seem intent on capturing more territory – and lucrative mining operations.
The lead protagonists, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, seem unwilling to reconcile. Personal mediation is required.
The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
There are advantages to a regional force overseen by the East African Community – particularly as the bloc is leading new political talks.
The UN mission is being held responsible for something the Congolese state should be doing.
A major survey of Gordon Bennett’s work showcases a dizzying blend of styles and themes.
Tony Albert reassembles items of ‘Aboriginalia’, featuring kitsch caricatures of Indigenous people, with wit, playfulness and serious intent.
Part human, part animal, Patricia Piccinini’s sculptures are uncannily familiar, yet alarmingly other. A major new exhibition creates a parallel universe in which viewers can encounter her work.
Yayoi Kusama, arguably Japan’s most famous living artist, has been making art for 65 years. A new exhibition traces her output: from her dazzling mirror and polka-dot infused installations to paintings and sculptures.
Gerhard Richter - one of the giants of post-war German art - is elusive, enigmatic and seemingly impossible to pin down. The first retrospective exhibition of his work in Australia is a brilliant and challenging event.
Cindy Sherman understands how people perform for the camera. Her art is a portrait of human vulnerability.
Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art is hosting the exhibition, David Lynch: Between Two Worlds, until June 7. It’s an opportunity to explore the connections between all the elements of Lynch’s artistic output.
In Rolf de Heer’s new film Charlie’s Country there are four food moments: deep-fried fast food; tinned and packaged food (abandoned when the car runs out of petrol); cooked-in-coals barramundi; and green…



















