which is home to about 60 per cent of the forests in the Congo Basin - which itself is home to the largest expanse of tropical forest on our planet. "All these viruses are viruses that have ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

Congo estimates that Kigali is earning $1 billion ... sometimes fighting Congolese forces alongside them. M23 itself now resembles a conventional army, with uniforms, modern equipment, and ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three ... History is now repeating itself. After weeks of encircling the region, spreading panic and chaos, last weekend M23 seized control of Bukavu ...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern ...

The EAC and SADC regional blocs have previously called for a ceasefire in the war in the mineral-rich region, which Congo's ...

Congo, the U.N. and Western powers say neighbouring Rwanda is backing M23 - accusations Rwanda denies. Rwanda has said it is defending itself against the threat from a Hutu militia, which it says ...

The rebel advance has stirred fears of a regional war that could draw in Congo's neighbours. Rwanda has said it is defending itself against the threat from a Hutu militia, which it says is ...

even if many of those minerals have been smuggled from Congo itself. With no real pressure against it, M23 continues to expand southward, now controlling both North Kivu and South Kivu provinces ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development sent $1.3 billion in foreign assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, the world’s fifth-poorest country by GDP per capita.