A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover ...

Bonobos live south of the Congo River. Chimpanzees inhabit areas to the north ... Initially, researchers considered bonobos a subspecies of chimpanzees, referring to them as "pygmy chimpanzees" until ...

A deal signed in Washington has been touted as a major step toward peace in Congo following decades of conflict that has ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with ...

Zawadi Sifa who has been fleeing fighting from camp to camp, shares food with her seven children in Goma, Democratic Republic ...

But behind these polished tabletops and intricately carved armchairs lies a story of shadowy supply chains, porous borders, ...

The Allied Democratic Forces has been blamed for the massacre of 46 Pygmies in Ituri province. The rebel group is the most notorious group that plague eastern Dr Congo. The group has also been accused ...

A pro-Congo demonstrator holds a sign which reads "Congo is not for sale" outside the European Council building in Brussels, 17 March 2025 ...

Pygmy populations across the Congo Basin suffer "appalling socio-economic conditions and the lack of civil and land rights," according to a recent study conducted for the London-based Rainforest ...

Those are the words of Amuzati N., a Bambuti pygmy who escaped a massacre by a rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of the conflict known as Africa's "first world war" because of ...

August 30, 2014: Work has begun on a movie about a Congo peacekeeping operation in 1961. The movie focuses on an Irish unit (A Company, 35th Battalion) which experienced extensive combat. The UN’s ...