A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said Thursday. The boat was carrying people from ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil to study Cretaceous potential of open blocks in Congo basin where Tertiary fields dominate ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two key cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east in less than a month after a major escalation ...

Between November 2023 and October 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced yearly average temperature increases above 2 Celsius ...

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

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

M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province ...

Lowland gorillas, with their gentle nature and towering presence, are among the most fascinating primates on Earth. These ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...