Map by Joel Masselink. The conflict has driven up the demand for charcoal (locally known as makala in Swahili) in Goma, ... DRC. World Development, 186, 106818. https: ...

Benjamin, who survived torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has written for The Mirror about the crisis engulfing his homeland as he calls on the world not to look away ...

More than 400,000 people were displaced in January alone, the United Nations says. Firefights in Goma have also killed several U.N. peacekeepers.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa, only behind Algeria, and the 11th largest in the world. With a land area of 905,000 square miles (2.34 million ...

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.

D eadly floods currently being experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are becoming ever-more likely as the world’s climate warms, new research has found.. Recent days have seen ...