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

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the creation of a huge new forest reserve, the size of France.

The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) sheds light on the severe vulnerability of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) population to climate-related shocks. The report highlights that ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

In October 2024, climate activists in the DRC won the suspension of a controversial oil and gas licence auction that threatened the Congo Basin rainforest and Virunga National Park, two carbon ...

Muslims in a city recently captured by Rwanda-backed fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo face a more subdued ...

Angola has announced plans to act as a mediator in the conflict between Congo and the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 ...

The M23 captured Bukavu in South Kivu province in mid-February in a lightning offensive after resurfacing in late 2021 in a region battered by decades of conflict. BUKAVU - Prayers at home and ...

Prayers at home and smaller gatherings to break the fast -- Muslims in a city recently captured by Rwanda-backed fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... and a climate of war ...

"It's the first Ramadan living in Bukavu in a situation of distress and a climate of war," said Sheikh Musa Awam, imam of Nyawera mosque in a central neighbourhood. At the mosque, worshippers ...