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Konzo - an epidemic paralytic disease resulting from the consumption of poorly processed bitter cassava - can also cause impaired cognitive functions even in children who do not show physical symptoms of the disease, a study finds.

It was a familiar sight at Kanyaruchinya, just a few kilometres north of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: White armoured personnel carriers had taken up positions along the road.

The top 10 new species for 2013 according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.

As the African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it is still younger and less integrated than the 56-year-old body that is now the European Union, and, according to politicians and diplomats, has a big advantage over the Europeans as it charts its own path of integration.

Africa's Great Lakes region now has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades.

The United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki- Moon, made his fourth visit to Rwanda this May 23, 2013 to tackle issues revolving around DRC security crisis.

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should identify the motive behind the murder of a radio presenter who was found on Friday after being missing for 12 days, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Africa's greatest river is about to be tamed. The River Congo is set to succumb to a series of giant hydroelectric dams with twice the generating capacity of the world's most powerful hydro-plant, the Three Gorges in China .

Proud leader: Armand Diangenda is the founder of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste de Kinshasa Nathalie is a single mum who struggles to clothe her little boy and pay the rent.

The town of Kanyaruchinya from the last United Nations peacekeeper outpost along the road leading north, into M23 rebel territory, from Goma in eastern Congo.

An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.

As the creator of "The Vagina Monologues," one of the most popular and controversial plays of the past two decades, Eve Ensler had long been seen as a pillar of strength among feminists and women's rights activists.

A startling revelation has been made in Parliament - some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are former trainees of the SANDF.

Close to 100 pilgrims have set off from Kabale on foot for a 420km journey to the Uganda Martyrs' Shrine in Namugongo ahead of the Martyrs' Day celebrations scheduled for June 3. The 94 pilgrims, comprising 60 men and 34 women from Kisoro and Kabale districts, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, were flagged off at Rushoroza Cathedral by ... (more)

In this November 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in eastern Congo.

Sibongile Mngoma performs at the announcement of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz line-up in Sandton yesterday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are greeted on arrival in Kinshasa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This week, we're exploring how lessons learned from U.S. intervention and non-intervention in foreign conflicts can inform policy decisions toward Syria today.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 22 - The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday it was concerned about the latest outbreak of heavy fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and urged all parties to ensure the safety of civilians.

Work on the world's largest hydropower plant is expected to start in October, 2015 following commitments from the World Bank and other development agencies to finance its construction.