Democratic Republic of Congo: clashes in Goma leave thousands in urgent need of assistance
Bujumbura, 21 November 2012 ? Tens of thousands of women, children and men are currently fleeing areas around the North Kivu capital Goma, in eastern Congo, as a consequence of a violent armed advance conducted by the rebel group, March 23 Movement (M23) which took control of the city yesterday.
Children fleeing Congo conflict risk recruitment, rape and disease
?Children have nowhere to turn, we can't get to them, and we are hearing reports of groups arming people," says an aid worker
Tree intercropping could save Africas soils
[NAIROBI] Scientists have reported in Nature that the agroforestry approach of planting nutrient-fixing trees with food crops could help replenish Africa's poor quality soils, tackling one of the biggest threats to food security on the continent.
Congo rebels take town of Sake near Rwandan border - rights group
An eyewitness told Reuters by telephone that rebels took the town of Sake without force