Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

At least 11 people were killed in attacks over the past day in the rebel-held Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu as ...

The countries with the worst air quality included Bangladesh and India, according to an annual report from IQAir.

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in January.

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...