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 ...

New research says the world's peatlands — squishy, waterlogged, buggy habitats — are vastly under-protected, despite the critical role they play in regulating the environment. "17 per cent of ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The Western New York Land Conservancy has created yet another nature preserve on Grand Island. With the newly named 38.3-acre Jim and Edna Braddell Preserve, the nonprofit land trust says they ...

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.

Thomas Mariee's expedition down the Rokel River was an exercise in getting out of his comfort zone, one rapid and insect bite ...

Members of the Congolese Red Cross collect bodies of alleged members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC ... shortages of food and water are threatening the lives ...

"The humanitarian situation in Goma remains difficult because there is no electricity and no water pumped and filtered ... leader of the Congo River Alliance, held a press conference in Goma ...

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of dwindling food, water, and medical supplies in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after the M23 rebel group seized the city after ...

Congolese civilians who fled from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC ...