A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Cyclists 'felt safe' in Rwanda despite security concerns
Cyclists, organisers and fans tell the BBC there were no security issues on the Tour du Rwanda, despite fighting across the ...
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The Coming Age of Territorial Expansion
Threats of territorial conquest are once again becoming a central part of geopolitics, driven by a new phase of great-power ...
UK Foreign Office issues warning to Brits to 'avoid' 69 countries – full list
The Foreign Office has issued a warning to UK travellers against visiting 69 countries for a variety of reasons ...
Mpox mutates AGAIN - new variant is highly transmissible, experts warn
It is a descendant of the deadlier clade 1a strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox , which is estimated to kill up to 10 ...
I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...