Drone firm in talks in Uganda on medical supply delivery deal
A deal could see Uganda join a small number of other African countries, such as Ghana and Rwanda, that have deployed unmanned aerial vehicles to help public health logistics
Extinction Rebellion aims to turn up political heat with hunger strikes
Young strikers aim to put pressure on politicians for faster action on climate change
Congo court hands life sentence to warlord for murder, sexual violence
United Nations investigators say his forces were responsible for abducting and repeatedly gang raping at least 17 women in a cave last year
At least 15 civilians killed in eastern Congo by suspected Islamist militants
The attacks on Friday in and around the village of Mbau were carried out with bladed weapons, local officials said. Among the eight victims in Mbau were six members of a single family.
INTERVIEW-Wildlife-loving Gabon minister seeks to stamp out illegal logging
"Maintaining forests is the most cost-effective way of dealing with climate change," said Gabon's new environment minister
OPINION: Why we are calling on the EU to make tackling abuses in supply chains mandatory
Voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives have failed to protect people from modern slavery. It’s time to change it.
War crimes judges jail Congolese warlord Ntaganda for 30 years
The list of crimes on Ntaganda's charge sheet included conscription of child soldiers, as well as rape and sexual enslavement of both civilians and child soldiers
Militia in Congo kills 10 civilians in village raid
The attack comes five days after Congo launched a large-scale operation against insurgent group Allied Democratic Forces in an area which is also fighting to contain the Ebola epidemic
Record 45 mln people in southern Africa facing food crisis - UN agencies
Climate change is wreaking havoc in impoverished countries struggling to cope with extreme natural disasters
Carbon emissions from tropical forest loss underestimated, scientists say
"It's a bit like if you're injured at work you have lost earnings for years into the future," says co-author of new study