CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in January.

The WHO had earlier found that 99 percent of the world's population lives in places that do not meet recommended air quality ...

IQAir study finds that Chad, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and the Democratic Republic of Congo have the dirtiest air.

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

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

Most of the world has dirty air with just 17% of cities globally meeting World Health Organisation air pollution guidelines, according to a report.

The historic demographic ageing transformation raises vital economic, political and social concerns for countries worldwide ...

Eastern Congo has been battered by decades of violence ... locals who accused the government of not doing enough to stop the ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.