The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

The Pacific Coast Paradise route is the best way to get from Washington to California. Whether you're traveling solo or with ...

Clean-up operations are continuing on West Coast beaches after the recent oil spill that has now been confirmed as originating from the wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy. A workforce of some 180 people in 12 ...

The Kung traditionally rely on tubers and mongongo nuts, the Aka and Baka Pygmies of the Congo River Basin on yams ... and the Bantu of West Africa, remain lactose intolerant.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels seized the key city of ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo ... 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) west of Goma.

"There cannot be 'business as usual' amid the current escalation in eastern Congo," the statement read. "Rwanda and M23 need to end the escalation and withdraw. The BMZ is currently coordinating ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

west of Goma. The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups including M23, said in an open letter to the summit that they are fighting a Congolese regime that “flouted republican norms ...

(Reuters) - Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against ...