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Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported an ...

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The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations is complete, with defending champions Ivory Coast facing rivals Cameroon in Group F ...

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Despite progress in healthcare services for individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa, substantial gaps ...

Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

Researchers analyzed 168,464 samples to uncover how geographic and technical factors shape global gut microbiome variation, ...

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...