Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently ... However, responding to reports that more than 170 people under sentence of death were transferred to Angenga prison ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) People wounded in the fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces arrive at the Cbeca Ndosho hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday ...

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

The experts urged the international community to step up efforts and funding to support the Government of DRC to protect and assist displaced persons, while emphasising the need for proper ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels seized the key city of ...

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...