Severe flooding triggered by torrential rains in recent weeks has displaced almost 10,000 people in Tanganyika Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This unfolding emergency reflects ...

At least 50 hippopotamuses died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, the oldest African national park located in ...

Panic has gripped the village of Mumboka in Shimanyiro Location, Ikolomani in Kakamega County, following an outbreak of an unidentified disease that has claimed one life and left more than 10 ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses died as a result of anthrax poisoning at the oldest national park in Africa. A spokesperson ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals at Virunga National Park in the DRC are thought to be killed by the bacterial ...

Leprosy was one of the most feared diseases in the world. People who had it were sequestered from the rest of society in leper colonies. The disease was so common and the colonies so populous that ...

A drug approved to treat rare genetic diseases can also make human blood toxic to the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a new study finds. The drug, called nitisinone, is currently used to treat two ...

April 4 (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn from the strategic town of Walikale, describing the move as a goodwill gesture ahead of planned ...

The images were released by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, where the helmet jellyfish can be seen. "We did not expect to find such a beautiful and thriving ecosystem," explained Patricia Esquete ...

Rio Tinto Group has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, in the latest sign of the miner’s enthusiasm for ...

Abandoned Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that belonged to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) is seen at Goma airport after the town was seized by the M23 rebels, in Goma ...

Scientists have long been intrigued by strange metals—materials that don’t follow the usual rules of electricity and magnetism. Unlike familiar metals like copper or gold, which conduct ...