Rwanda: move to a new camp transforms life for resilient amputee
Even on crutches, a Congolese mother managed to lead her three children to safety. Now she's been rewarded with a safer home in a new refugee camp.
Strike ends at Congo's Gecamines after wage deal
CONGODEMOCRATIC-MINING/ (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-Strike ends at Congo's Gecamines after wage deal
Four new Africa Solidarity Trust Fund projects will benefit 24 countries
The FAO-managed Africa Solidarity Trust Fund today gave a green light to four new, continent-spanning projects at a ceremony during the African Union Summit, being held here this week. The President of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, a key supporter of the fund, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva were in attendance.
Surging environmental crime funds conflicts, hurts growth - UN
"Many criminal networks are making phenomenal profits from environmental crime," says head of UN Environment Programme
Congo's Gecamines has started paying unpaid wages -CEO
CONGODEMOCRATIC-MINING/ (URGENT):Congo's Gecamines has started paying unpaid wages -CEO
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste poses for a photograph in Kibati village, near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste poses for a photograph in Kibati village, near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo August 7, 2013. Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years in Egypt on Monday after a court convicted them of helping a "terrorist organization" by spreading lies, in a case that has raised questions about the country's respect for media freedoms. The three, who all deny the charges, include Australian Greste, Al Jazeera's Kenya-based correspondent, and Canadian-Egyptian national Mohamed Fahmy, Cairo bureau chief of Al Jazeera English. Picture taken August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: MEDIA POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW PROFILE)
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste poses for a photograph in Kibati village, near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste poses for a photograph in Kibati village, near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo August 7, 2013. Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years in Egypt on Monday after a court convicted them of helping a "terrorist organization" by spreading lies, in a case that has raised questions about the country's respect for media freedoms. The three, who all deny the charges, include Australian Greste, Al Jazeera's Kenya-based correspondent, and Canadian-Egyptian national Mohamed Fahmy, Cairo bureau chief of Al Jazeera English. Picture taken August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: CRIME LAW MEDIA POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Refugees deserve clean energy too
Women refugees in the DRC are spending over five and a half hours every time they go out to search for firewood for cooking, lighting and other uses
World Refugee Day: Growing up a refugee in Uganda
The Great Lakes conflict has resulted in millions of deaths and hundreds of thousands now live in exile