The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast amounts of carbon and the alarming levels of climate-heating carbon dioxide ...

Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. Amid chaos and looting, Bukavu braced for what comes next.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected ...

The Rwandan-backed rebels' entry into Bukavu follows their capture of Goma, defying international calls for a ceasefire.

The redistricting lawsuit filed against the Anderson City Council in 2023 has come to a conclusion. The city council Thursday voted to approve an appropriation of $160,000 to pay the attorneys for ...

Our tour of Goma airport earlier this week took much longer than I had anticipated. There was simply too much to see, too much dangerous stuff on the tarmac and other sections to navigate, and too ...

Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers the ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

Rape and other violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to unprecedented levels, the ...