Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

The deal aligns squarely with U.S. strategic interests and President Trump’s ethos for a transactional foreign policy. The ...

The mission chief for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mercedes Vera Martin, would like to make the following statement: “In a meeting held on Thursday April 27 2023 with the Vice-Prime Minister ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

Ever since Komodo National Park was declared one of the new Seven Wonders of Nature and a UNESCO World Heritage site, there ...

Mining operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Enough Project By Amani Matabaro Tom, Fellow and Scholar at Risk, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, HKS; Founding Director, ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over ...

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.

A new study co-authored by BirdLife’s Chief Scientist Dr Stuart Butchart and published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals ...