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 ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the U.N.

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

A recent study in Current Biology suggests dinosaurs originated in Gondwana's low-latitude regions, rather than mid-latitudes ...

In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, scientists explained how fossils helped them learn about dinosaurs' ...

As private sector donations increase, the 21 African countries still not contributing to the fund must pay up.

Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested a.   rea since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.

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

The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...