Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...
"Each year since 1980, [these] areas have spread by an additional fifty thousand square kilometers on average." Researchers ...
When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...
Here is a look at USAID’s impact around the world: Protecting the Amazon rainforest and fighting cocaine in South ... could ...
Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than 40,000 people have fled there in two weeks to ...
The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...
Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
Yesterday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their arrival into the second largest city in eastern Congo follows the fall of ...