Augustus “Gus” Begole and his partner, John Echols, are the fathers of Uncompahgre City, now better known as Ouray. Begole, a miner and a wanderer, was one of the first ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

Congo has banned Al Jazeera satellite news network over its interview with the leader of a violent rebel group that has ...

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has urged Congolese authorities to negotiate with a violent rebel group that has seized key towns in eastern Congo in recent days, widening its control over the region ...

M23 rebels appear to be planning a long-term occupation of mineral-rich territories in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan to Rwanda last year, leading to the largest contamination of the Great Lakes Region's mineral ...

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Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife ...

Our reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached ... a city of 17 million people. Some researchers now recall that time almost wistfully, because it might still have been possible ...

KINSHASA, Congo — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing ...

Thirty-eight people are confirmed dead, and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry — full of people returning home for Christmas — capsized in the river Busira late Friday night, ...

Thirty-eight people are confirmed dead, and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry — full of people returning home for Christmas — capsized in the river Burisa late Friday ...