A provision in a draft law regulating healthcare services in Rwanda has drawn criticism from medical professionals for proposing that unclaimed bodies be kept in hospital mortuaries for up to 21 days ...

The intensifying security crisis in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the years is undermining ...

Goma lives again. Markets hum with traders. Children play in schoolyards. The Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) has brought peace to eastern DR Congo’s liberated towns—Goma, Bukavu, ...

On a cloudy day in Salt Lake City, Utah, the warmth of the knitting circle at the THRIVE Center for Survivors of Torture offers a comforting contrast to the winter chill outside. Refugee women from ...

reportedly backed by Rwanda. The rebels first captured Goma in late January, then took Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, in mid-February. Since January, 14 South African soldiers have been killed ...

An artisanal gold mine collapsed in a rebel-controlled territory in eastern Congo, killing at least 10 people, authorities ...

Myanmar's deadly earthquake has raised alarms beyond Southeast Asia. In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent ...

Rwanda has launched an ambitious initiative to train one million citizens in digital skills and develop 500,000 technology professionals by 2030. The program, known as 1 Million Rwandan Coders (1MRC), ...

A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in the eastern DRC, in October, killing 78 people.

The new baby gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a name thanks to TODAY viewers. Beni's name, which was revealed April 8 on the show, comes from the name of territory ...

The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible ... Christian Kalamo, a civil society leader in the North Kivu province that includes Goma, said at least one body ...