Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. The morning after M23 fighters ...

One of South America’s largest ecosystems saw an increase in deforestation last year, with agriculture, livestock and fires contributing the most to the destruction of native dry forests. The problem ...

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

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

A new study maps and ranks the largest, longest-lasting, and most severe multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018. Megadroughts ...