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Far removed from the major climate change meetings, some vulnerable groups bear the brunt of the climate impact. They are at ...

KINSHASA, Congo -- An attack on a village in western Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified.

"This successful birth reflects teamwork." US zoo celebrates birth of creature once deemed a myth: 'This is a milestone' ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws ...

France, Britain, Norway, Germany, Belgium back conservation scheme Brazil has put separate, global forest fund at center of COP30 agenda Norway, France, Germany also offered funds for Brazil-led TFFF ...

When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...

The UN reproductive health agency UNFPA on Tuesday described women and girls across the Democratic Republic of the Congo as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,” facing widespread insecurity ...

THERE. STUNNING. LOVELY TIME OF YEAR. SO MANUFACTURING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, BUT WOMEN ONLY MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE, SO THE GROUP WOMEN IN ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo committed what might have been war crimes and crimes against humanity, raping women and executing children and other civilians, the United Nations said ...