For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most vital ecosystems—has lost 23 million hectares of forest since Abong’o’s so-called dinosaur encounter, an area ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

Supported by It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross ...

DAKAR, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, the group known as the Congo River Alliance ...

Lead the renewal of the Congo Basin Forest strategy and approach for a new generation of industrial and community forest concessions that deliver for people, nature and climate Invite and import ...

Summit may bring Congo and Rwanda leaders together for first time UN warns conflict in eastern Congo could inflame the region Rebel advance sparks panic in Bukavu, other eastern towns Feb 6 ...

The State Department ordered non-emergency US government personnel and their family members to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo amid escalating violence in the country and its capital city ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

DAILY POST reports that CODECO is one of a myriad of militias fighting over land and resources in eastern Congo. It has been accused in the past by the United Nations of attacks against other ...