The group's capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, is a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen ...

For more than a decade many researchers have compared the DNA of giraffes from all parts of Africa. These studies have revealed that there are four distinct giraffe species: the southern ( Giraffa ...

Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...

Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...

Antisemitism has reached “deeply alarming” levels around the world by doubling in the past decade, according to ADL.

Burkina Faso, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria and Niger — sit among the top 10 in the Institute for Economics and Peace’s 2024 Global ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...

However, a recent report on food systems and its accompanying study suggest that, on a global level, yields of many key crops ...

The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure.

An analysis of the gut microbiome in women from four African countries provides crucial data for this under-represented ...

Gifting became one tool to cope and survive under difficult conditions. For example, in east Africa people would exchange food, money and other resources to support both families and the communities ...