Backed by a coalition of influential funders, including Bank of America, the Central Africa Forest Initiative, the Good ...

Elk are large members of the deer family that are prized by hunters, indigenous communities, and wildlife enthusiasts. These magnificent creatures are plentiful in northern regions of America but do ...

Congo and Rwanda plan to sign an agreement in Washington on Friday to promote peace and economic development, sources told Reuters, part of a diplomatic push to end violence after an advance by ...

Richard Tice slammed a "bonkers" ruling after a jailed Congolese drug dealer was allowed to stay in Britain because his son has a rare blood disease. The convicted criminal won his legal fight to ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the M23 group on Wednesday issued a landmark joint statement saying they had agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work ...

Three decades of observations in Congo — the only place the endangered bonobos are found in the wild — lend support to the idea of a sisterhood where female bonobos band together to assert ...

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint agreement a rare bright spot in the conflict. By Ruth Maclean The ...

The San Antonio Zoo is in the running for the best zoo in the United States. The Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards have opened voting for their “Best Zoo 2025″ contest. The San Antonio Zoo earned third ...

The daughter was supposed to arrive in Minnesota in January, but her flight was canceled after President Donald Trump halted all refugee resettlements. Eight members of the Kabengele Mici family ...

Hundreds of passengers were crowded onto a wooden boat on the Congo River in northwest DRC on Tuesday when the blaze broke out. A boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board. The wooden ...

Read our new story here. The number of people who died after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized in the Congo River in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 148 ...