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

and provide the much-needed humanitarian assistance to the affected population. "It is necessary that the pragmatic decisions ...

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 ...

A new study from the Institute of Development Studies warns that the scale of global mining conflicts threatens clean energy ...

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 ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels will hold talks next week, mediator Angola has announced. A statement from President Joao Lourenco’s ...

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted of attempting a coup to life imprisonment, days before US government officials ...

A Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government delegation has met with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Qatar in a bid to halt fighting in the country’s east, a source with knowledge of the talks ...