Our tour of Goma airport earlier this week took much longer than I had anticipated. There was simply too much to see, too much dangerous stuff on the tarmac and other sections to navigate, and too ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo’s second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say.

M23 rebels escort Romanian mercenaries to the border crossing into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.

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

New research says the world's peatlands — squishy, waterlogged, buggy habitats — are vastly under-protected, despite the critical role they play in regulating the environment. "17 per cent of ...

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

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is dominating international headlines as the UN Human Rights Council prepares to discuss the situation at the end of the week. Dreadful details ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

The UN experts map a circuitous route showing how it is transported to ... So even then, Rwanda was profiting from the instability in eastern DR Congo and we saw the export volumes to Rwanda were ...