The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently ... that all life is sacred and human dignity must be protected, we categorically reject the use of the death penalty.” ...

CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement Extinction ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

M23's funding has historically been linked to illegal mineral activities, a situation exacerbated by their seizure of the coltan-rich Rubaya area. Congo is a major global source of tantalum and cobalt ...

Lisa Dabek, Ph.D. (Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program, Papua New Guinea, and Woodland Park Zoo, USA) - Creator of the first conservation area in Papua New Guinea ... ecological role in the countries ...

Power and water have reportedly been cut to many areas of the city,” said David Munkley, head of operations in eastern Congo for the Christian aid group World Vision. Some analysts worry about ...

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on Monday, and the U.N. said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long ...

27 (UPI) --Ethnic-Tutsi rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported to have taken ... forces that sent streams of refugees fleeing area communities. The government in Kinshasa ...