Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt ...

Hospitals and shelters in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are struggling to cope with an influx of wounded people and displaced individuals following recent clashes in the region.The World ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

Africa is facing an unprecedented convergence of crises that threaten to undo decades of progress in health security. The number of health emergencies in Africa surged from 153 outbreaks in 2022-2023 ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has reached alarming levels - with humanitarian needs now massive and ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, ...

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Experts share concerns about the highly ...

A potential Ebola outbreak has been reported in the DRC, at a time when the Trump administration has paused communication ...

A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions: economic inequality. Published in PNAS, this large cross-national ...