The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.

In Cameroon, West Africa, Lakes Nyos and Monoun turned deadly in the 1980s. These lakes released carbon dioxide, silently ...

Twangiza Mining, a gold miner operating in the rebel-controlled South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, said it has been ordered to suspend operations by the rebel ...

On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore ...

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, visited displaced families in Shasha village in Congo’s North Kivu province on Tuesday. The visit follows the M23 rebel group’s seizure of ...

In times of crisis, women and girls’ vulnerabilities are heightened, leaving them at greater risk of sexual and gender-based violence.North Kivu province, of which Goma is the capital, recorded ...

In response to the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in emergency ...

Two volcanoes may erupt in heavily populated eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where years of fighting have already forced 1 million people from their homes, scientists and aid agencies said ...