The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague opened the trial Thursday of one of the last major suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, an 87-year-old businessman and radio station owner who is accused of helping fund and promote the mass killings. Confined to a wheelchair, Felicien Kabuga refused to appear in person or via […]

The U.N. refugee agency says nearly 6,000 Congolese refugees have been helped to return home since December 2021, after years of exile in Zambia. The voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees was based on a tripartite agreement signed in 2006 by the UNHCR and the governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The refugees […]

Oumy Diallo recalls the day she wanted to die. She was attending a pro-democracy protest in 2009 at a stadium in Conakry, Guinea, when a group of government security officials opened fire. As she attempted to escape, shrapnel pierced her back and forced her to the ground. She felt a pair of hands grab her […]

The environmental group Greenpeace Africa has released a report saying planned oil and gas exploration in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could expose more than 1 million people to pollution and disease. The planned selling of 30 eastern land blocks that extend into a famous gorilla reserve would also threaten wildlife and food security, […]