U.S. guitar firm tunes business to protect Cameroon ebony
Companies that use hardwoods grown in Cameroon are teaming up with the government and communities to replant depleted forests
Rwandan man gets 8 years in U.S. prison for lying about genocide role
Prosecutors alleged that Teganya led Hutu soldiers through the hospital to identify Tutsi patients who were then killed, and personally participated in the murder of seven Tutsis and five rapes
Death toll rises at Glencore mine in Congo after collapse
Miners were working on the site illegally and had no approval or permits
With ball gowns and dance, LGBT+ refugees in Kenya cast aside woes to celebrate
Many of the more than 750 LGBT+ refugees in Kenya are forced to live in the shadows and often lack protection, safe housing and employment
OPINION: 'Ebola is fake': how do you fight a disease people don’t believe in?
How do you convince people to follow stringent rules to reduce contamination and report suspected cases when some do not believe in the disease in the first place?
U.S. finds Nigeria, Niger improving anti-trafficking efforts
Both nations are source, transit and destination countries for victims of forced labour and sex trafficking, while Niger also has traditional slavery perpetuated by tribal leaders
Northeast Congo insecurity hampers response to measles outbreak
Ethnic violence in the northeastern province of Ituri has forced thousands to seek sanctuary in refugee camps where overcrowding in increases the chance of catching measles
Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
While health officials have focused on the far deadlier hemorrhagic Ebola virus, some 65,000 suspected cases of measles have been reported
OPINION: ‘Evil never comes alone’: Sexual violence in conflict needs to end now
I fell pregnant with the child of my rapist. The pain I carried during those nine months was too much. I hated the child.
Survivors recall horror of Congo ethnic attacks
Civil society groups said the resurgent violence in Ituri province had killed at least 240 people since last week, and they expect the toll to rise