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

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...

Decades ago, a Sandy woman got a ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fight poster signed by both George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. She did ...

The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... for Mongabay. Map by Joel Masselink.

The Congolese group said decision was in line with a ceasefire declared in February and in support of peace initiatives.

Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi met Tuesday with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a statement from the three countries said. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed ...

“The scale of sexual violence against children in eastern DRC is beyond a crisis – it is a tragedy. We are seeing an alarming increase in cases, not seen in years, with many young survivors ...

The ongoing crisis in eastern DRC is not just about M23 or Rwanda’s alleged involvement—it is part of a larger geopolitical struggle that has plagued the region for decades.

More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of ...

Almost a month after the capture of the Congolese town of Goma by the M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda according to the UN, the DRC was on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.