As Mongabay deepens its reporting across Africa’s biodiversity and climate challenges, award-winning senior science ...

Copince Ngoma, a member of the Bakouele Indigenous community, has relied on the lush green Congo Basin rainforest his whole ...

Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, arrives at the Presidential Palace for the inauguration of ...

Abuses against civilians by government forces and armed groups have become rampant in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Washington Accords, signed in December 2025 between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda under US mediation, promised an end to the devastating armed conflict in eastern Congo through troop ...

For months, people feared an onward assault on nearby Uvira, which had become an important stronghold for the Congolese army and pro-government militias (known as Wazalendo), and an entry point for ...

After a landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine, families of the ...

Eight explosive‑laden drones targeted the airport serving the northeastern Congolese city of Kisangani over the weekend, local authorities said, blaming the AFC/M23 rebel group and neighbouring Rwanda ...

A landslide last week collapsed several tunnels at a major coltan mine in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead in the rebel-controlled site. The collapse occurred on Wednesday at the Rubaya ...

A deadly landslide hits a major mining site in eastern DR Congo—highlighting dangerous working conditions and weak safety oversight.

Rebel authorities in eastern Congo say at least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines, authorities announced ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have said ...