Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee ...

Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into the centre of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

Ukraine has the worst birth rate in the world. On average, 10 women have only 6 children, while there should be 11 children ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

Greg Yaghmai is about to embark on an unprecedented challenge: running seven marathons on seven continents in just seven days.

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo ...