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

BRITISH taxes are being squandered on shrimp farms in Bangladesh, poetry workshops in Colombian jails and gender lectures in ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic ... Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa ...

The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

Reuters reported this week that South Africa has sent additional troops ... Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (MONUSCO) years-old mandate to counter the many ...

Some of the key issues lined up for discussions include the ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the ... will also include intra-Africa trade and development.

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, as the British government warned the advance risks ...

M23’s rapid offensive in eastern Congo has rekindled tensions in the already fraught relationship between Rwanda and South Africa.