Forest communities in Cameroon cannot adapt to climate change alone
Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs to fuel for cooking and will be unable to adapt to climate change without significant outside help, a new study has found.
Aid agencies boost defenses as Congo violence spreads
A round-up of aid agency activities as the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo worsens
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
Serious risk of child soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo as violence erupts, says World Vision
Hundreds of thousands of children caught up in erupting violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at risk of being forcibly recruited into armed groups, said World Vision. The aid agency estimates that there are 200,000 children under the age of 18 in Goma and believes they are all at risk.