Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's ...

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

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.

In response to this development, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has adapted by deploying mobile ...

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands ...

Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...

Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the ...

"The persecution of Christians around the world is one of the great untold scandals of the 21st Century," says Open Doors CEO ...

This insecurity extends to Goma itself, where there have been reports of crime and targeted violence, including home invasions and kidnappings. The UN peacekeeping mission for DRC, MONUSCO, has ...

A rapidly spreading unknown illness has killed 53 people in Congo, with preliminary investigations linking the outbreak to children who ate bat meat in January.

Samples from 13 cases have tested negative for Ebola and Marburg, but the WHO said health teams were locally investigating other potential causes, including malaria, food poisoning, typhoid ...