At the tipping point for eliminating the African sleeping sickness in the DRC
If you haven't heard of the African sleeping sickness, you are not alone
U.S. SEC halts some enforcement of conflict minerals rule amid review
The conflict minerals rule was required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law
Surviving the Rwandan genocide
When we talk about the Rwandan genocide, we must remember countries such as South Sudan and Burundi who have been suffering for far too long
Tech firms must go beyond Congo's "conflict minerals" to clean supply chain - study
The same minerals are being quarried in areas controlled by armed groups — sometimes using child labour — in countries such as Myanmar, Bolivia and Rwanda
South Sudanese troops butchered civilians, shot children - refugees
Thousands of South Sudanese have crossed border
Kenya investigates reports of armyworms in maize fields
Neighbouring Uganda confirmed last month that the pests had attacked crops in the country
Policy makers drag feet on getting electric power to the people
"Every day we delay, or every day we don't deliver, it becomes more painful and expensive, and we risk losing people and leaving people behind"
U.N. council renews Congo peacekeeping mission, lowers troop cap
It is the first peacekeeping mission to be renewed since U.S. President Donald Trump proposed that Washington cut funding
U.N. Security Council agrees lower troop cap for Congo mission
It is the first peacekeeping mission to come up for renewal since U.S. President Donald Trump proposed that Washington cut funding