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Download logoViolent attacks on civilians continue in Ituri Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To date, nearly 1.8 million

At the request of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on 2 November, prosecutors from eight countries have given ten specific undertakings designed to ensure that violence against media personnel does not go unpunished. And they urge fellow prosecutors to follow suit.

By signing the ten undertakings and calling on colleagues to join them, the eight prosecutors are proclaiming their determination to preserve the independence and impartiality of their investigations, to protect journalists and to cooperate with their international counterparts.

Carbon removal plans relying on land do not add up, says a new report. Or, more accurately, researchers have now actually added them up, but countries’ climate pledges would require millions of square kilometers of land ­– putting pressure on ecosystems, Indigenous peoples, and food security. Climate pledges made by countries around the world would […]

On August 24, 2022, after visiting President Felix-Antonio Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC) Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun

Anneliese Schools has received a moving collection of artifacts and award-winning photographs of the Mbuti tribe, tropical forest hunter-gatherers of the Congo Rainforest, in an exhibition created by the Tribal Trust Foundation. 

CULTURAL authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are engrossed in either big difficulties or valiant efforts to raise the fledgling status of rhumba music to the position of world heritage status.

Kisembo was killed in 2011 by the Congolese army after he tried to form a rebellion against the national armed forces of the country.

This program explores the life and music of Congolese superstar Papa Wemba.

Nongovernmental organizations have urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to grant Congolese citizens Temporary Protected Status as they face the possibility of severe persecution.