The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast amounts of carbon and the alarming levels of climate-heating carbon dioxide ...

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

Bukavu's fall, if confirmed, marks the armed group's most significant advance since it revived a decade-old insurgency in ...

M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center ...

AD Ports Group and CMA CGM Group have signed a shareholders’ agreement to jointly develop, manage, and operate the New East Mole multipurpose t ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces ... Motau asserted that South Africa should send a strong message to those supporting the M23 rebels, warning that failing to act could embolden ...

"We are watching the United Nations meeting in the U.S. over this matter, and the decision they are going to make will tell us whether they like Africa and DR Congo. We are telling them we are ...

Tens of thousands of residents in eastern Congo’s largest city fled their homes after the rebels made swift gains in the North Kivu province bordering Rwanda, in the conflict’s largest ...

Rebels control Goma centre, sporadic gunfire in outskirts Moving south towards Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province East Africa bloc urges talks Congo president warns of escalation GOMA ...

Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the AFC ...