Central Africa

GOMA, DR Congo — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park has announced the birth of a male gorilla, the first baby this year. The park authorities announced this great news to the world. The mountain gorillas have been...

Opposition figures in DR Congo gathered Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the death of their historic leader, in a ceremony that underscored the country's deep political rift. A crowd packed Kinshasa cathedral for a mass for Etienne Tshisekedi, whose...

Heavily armed militia and poachers are a threat to wildlife populations in the Garamba-Bili-Chinko (GBC) region in Central Africa. The militias are decimating African wildlife in the 75,593 square kilometre region straddling northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and southeastern Central...

Bunia, DR Congo | A US journalist kidnapped last week by a militia group in DR Congo was found safe early Sunday, officials said, as another source said five people had been killed in clashes. Lisa Dupuy and 11 wardens...

Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi died Wednesday, aged 84, in Belgium amid talks to end the country's political crisis in Kinshasa. "President Tshisekedi died today... in Brussels," Bruno Tshibala, an official from his Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS)...

His Excellency Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By John Vidal in Malabo Equatorial Guinea accused Spain yesterday of trying to overthrow its government in the alleged plot by foreign mercenaries to kill...

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country that descended into crisis after a coup in March 2013 by a rebel coalition called the Seleka, who then installed their leader Michel Djotodia as the country’s first Muslim president. He was unable...

Rebels in Central African Republic have seized a key town in the country's north and said on Thursday they were targeting the capital Bangui hundreds of kilometres (miles) to the south. The government said it had withdrawn its soldiers from...