For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

By Fergus O’Leary SimpsonJoel MasselinkLara Collart The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ...

The ethnic Tutsi militants, who have been intermittently fighting the DRC government for years ... a genocide against the country’s Tutsi population. Ultimately, the RPF were able to chase ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...

The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”. Leaders from the 16 ...

Fighting in the eastern DRC continues as the M23 rebel group consolidates control over the Lake Kivu region and clashes with ...

“The scale of sexual violence against children in eastern DRC is beyond a crisis – it is a tragedy. We are seeing an alarming increase in cases, not seen in years, with many young survivors ...

Edmund J Coppa To help people better visualize the population distribution, stat chronicler Visual Capitalist reimagined a U.S. map that scales states according to population figures pulled from ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. “For God’s sake, what do you really want?” she cried.

The ongoing crisis in eastern DRC is not just about M23 or Rwanda’s alleged involvement—it is part of a larger geopolitical struggle that has plagued the region for decades.