On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio on Wednesday about finding "a peaceful end ...

By John Cannon Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much ...

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

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and ...

For centuries, these groups have told stories of a water-dwelling dinosaur-like creature living in the Congo River Basin. The creature first came to the attention of the wider world in the early ...

The United States is by far the world’s largest source of foreign ... and improving livelihoods for Indigenous peoples and other rainforest communities. Over in Peru, part of USAID’s $135 ...