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At least 41 people, most of them children, were killed at a school in Uganda by suspected rebel fighters. Officials say the attackers initially thought to target a military base but changed their minds.
An official said Sunday that rebel fighters typically attack "soft targets" whenever they feel pres…
Lloyd Lee,Associated Press
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Ashley Judd says she could have bled to death after her 'catastrophic' accident in the Congo rainforest: 'My leg didn't have a pulse'
The actor was transported to a South African hospital and said, "if I had been medevaced to Europe,…
Patrick Sproull
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Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirus
Spreading Ebola typically requires an exchange of bodily fluids, and people have often been infec…
PTI
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Experts from the World Resources Institute and Climate Policy Radar discuss biodiversity and climate change.
Biodiversity and climate change have long been connected. Two experts spoke with Insider about the …
Elizabeth Wood
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Over 10 million children in Congo, Nigeria, Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, UNICEF warns
More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the…
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More than 40% of the population in these countries comprises children below 14 years
Larger percentage of children in any population is due to high birth rates. As per UNFPA report, th…
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FIFA says it's 'deeply concerned' by images of the Congolese Under-20 women's team training in the middle of a busy dirt road
The video, shared on Twitter by the global players' union FIFPRO, shows players performing a passin…
Kelly McLaughlin
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3 chimpanzees are being held for ransom after being stolen from a sanctuary in Congo, as experts fear more widespread animal kidnapping
The three baby chimpanzees had been rescued from traumatic trafficking before they were kidnapped, …
Marianne Guenot
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Ashley Judd says she can finally walk again nearly 6 months after shattering her leg in Congo accident
Ashley Judd said on Instagram that she is in "quiet awe" that she is walking again after shattering…
Kelly McLaughlin
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World leaders want to protect a third of the Earth's land and water to save wildlife from extinction. There's a climate connection, too.
World leaders made a promise to protect nature in Montreal, Canada to avert the extinction of some …
Catherine Boudreau
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Viktor Bout, the arms dealer the US swapped for Brittney Griner, joins Russian ultranationalist party and could run for parliament
The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout returned home last week after a prisoner exchange for American …
Sophia Ankel
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Pentagon fears Viktor Bout, the so-called 'Merchant of Death' the US swapped for Brittney Griner, could restart his old arms business
A senior defense official said people in Africa who had been working to curb Viktor Bout's influenc…
Jake Epstein
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Palghar on alert against a possible spread of the Congo fever
The district administration said in the wake of the outbreak of COVID-19, this is a matter of co…
PTI
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World population to hit 8 billion people today
The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the global population could grow to aroun…
ANI
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Naomi Judd says daughter Ashley Judd still 'can't get out of bed' and 'could've died' after catastrophic accident in the Congo
In February, Ashley Judd shattered her leg in four places and suffered nerve damage after a "catast…
Lauren Edmonds
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The CDC says the US will screen and track people traveling from countries with Ebola cases
Travelers coming in from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea will have their info sent to l…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Ashley Judd posts photos of her 'grueling 55-hour' rescue in the Congo after shattering her leg
"Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I…
Jason Guerrasio
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The electric vehicle boom depends on mining. Rivian's new chief sustainability officer is tasked with making it responsible.
Rivian hired Anisa Kamadoli Costa in April to lead its climate strategy, including responsible mini…
Catherine Boudreau
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Ebola makes a comeback in the Republic of Congo — which is already fighting the coronavirus and the world's largest outbreak of measles
The Ebola virus resurgence has been reported in the Wangata health…
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A 'game changer' weapon the US is now giving Ukraine began life as a battlefield terror in World War II
The Soviets called it "Katyusha" and the Nazis called it "Stalin's Organ." Eighty years later, weap…