The Albertine Rift, home to the critically endangered eastern lowland and ... With 800,000 displaced people arriving in Goma, the North Kivu capital, the demand for charcoal has surged. With access to ...

Eventually, the edge of the trench drops down about 1000 meters into the Central African Rift Valley where they join up in the west [1]. Lake Kivu had been dammed up by volcanic lava flows, later ...

co-organised by the Rift Valley Institute, a regional think-tank, and others. This author conducted 52 interviews in South Kivu from September to December 2013 with Congolese administrators, army ...

A detailed timeline for the discussions will be shared with the press in the coming days, DRC president's special security advisor said. The mineral-rich eastern DRC remains a focal point of ...

Senior health officials have warned bird flu could spark the next pandemic, following a recent 'twist in the story'. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at The UK Health ...

According to International Rescue Committee, the DRC is facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises following decades of conflicts and mass displacement of over seven million people, ...

The growing electrical energy deficit in Rwanda and DRC has encouraged both countries to start gas extraction from Lake Kivu. Currently, each country has awarded four concessions for gas extraction ...

The rebels now occupy nearly all of North Kivu and parts of South Kivu—territories spanning the Grand Kivu region’s 257,000 square kilometers. “Many families have fled the war, and those who ...

Further reading: M23 grapples with governance in DR Congo after seizing Goma, Bukavu The intruders, dressed in military uniforms, entered the residence in South Kivu province after following a ...