Gender-smart development starts with the right questions
Creating 600 million new jobs and ending extreme poverty are big challenges, but approaching them with gender equality in mind might just be the game-changer that gets us there
Congo army says kills 16 Ugandan rebels, loses four soldiers
Overnight attacks on civilians blamed on the rebels have declined since the army stepped up operations against Ugandan Islamists
We need to protect Congo’s forests against shifting cultivation… or do we?
Is slash and burn agriculture really a big contributor to deforestation?
Violence and conflict over minerals still plague eastern Congo
Violent attacks at tin mine underscore the urgency for Europe to join the United States in passing a tough new law to clean up supply chains of conflict minerals
No U.N. troop cut in Congo until progress against Rwandan rebels
The Congolese government had wanted the U.N. force of some 22,000 troops and police to be more than halved
INSIGHT-Slow start revives doubts about Congo campaign against Rwandan rebels
Can Congo's army defeat rebel group at heart of two decades of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region?
Congo says kills rebels, gains ground in drive to crush insurgency
Push began last week against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, a force central to two decades of conflict in region
Central Africa bets on regional solution to energy shortages, poverty
States hope cross-border electricity connections will boost supplies, largely from hydro, as well as energy access
Congo fails to meet UN deadline to remove generals linked to abuses
Congo's failure to remove generals linked to abuses means UN peacekeepers will not support its offensive against Rwandan rebels