The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance towards Bukavu city. Meanwhile the U.N. warned that the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces a deepening crisis as of February 2025 as political instability, insurgencies, ...

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.