One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Our global map comprises an agricultural area of 5.8 billion ... Adaptation hotspots are geographically concentrated in Southern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa generally (except the Congo Basin) and ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how folklore is ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels Foreign powers condemn Rwanda's involvement in Congo conflict Congo seeks sanctions to pressure Rwanda into negotiations KINSHASA, Feb 3 (Reuters ...

The two blocs have, in the past two years, gone separate ways in their approach to the DR Congo conflict. ALSO READ: South Africa-led SADC deployment in the DRC will destabilize the East African ...

DAKAR, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, the group known as the Congo River Alliance ...

A political-military coalition of groups called the Alliance Fleuve Congo (River Congo Alliance ... to impose sanctions on Rwanda. In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed on Monday ...

DR Congo’s military spokesperson, General Sylvain Ekenge, told CNN Tuesday that the rebels’ call for a ceasefire was not genuine. “Have you seen the Rwandans do what they say?

On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma , the capital of ...