Every year, about one billion tires around the world are deemed unusable, many ending up in landfills. Rwandan startup Uzuri ...

The European Investment Bank is holding off on decisions to finance the $760m Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Central Africa, ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the ...

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

Iskashitaa, Tucson's noble volunteer refugee network, works together to accomplish much even as many face the fear of deportation.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told Reuters, warning against the rise of jihadists in Syria and comparing ...

With over 5 billion people lacking access to safe, affordable surgery, the global surgical crisis demands urgent action.

The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, mediator ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Rio Grande do Sul floods in Brazil, 183 people died and over 600,000 Brazilians were displaced. Staff and faculty at the ...