Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group. Despite security ...

Despite security challenges, UN agencies and peacekeepers have pledged to stay and deliver amid rising deaths and injuries alongside an alarming spread of highly contagious mpox and other endemic ...

As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South Africa fired a diplomatic salvo, warning that further attacks on its troops ...

The parallel, Lusaka Peace Accord, addressed the external elements of the crisis. The Ituri Pacification Committee, which flowed from both processes, localized the peace building framework in the ...

The armed group was active in the volatile district of Ituri. A military tribunal had in August 2006 sentenced Kahwa to 20 years' imprisonment after ruling that he had committed crimes against ...

Currently operating from north North Kivu and south of Ituri Province, where the Uganda People's Defence Forces' Shuuja operation to combat them is located, they could likely be driven out of Kivu ...

Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life expectancy is 27 years. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea?

The public intellectual is an increasingly rare species. I don't mean academic celebrities with their television series and regular op-ed columns. Public intellectuals are men or women of considerable ...

Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In a significant step towards peace, at least 600 militiamen have decided to lay down their arms and join the Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Reintegration and ...