Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...

In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their...

Cassava is the staple food for many people in the Republic of the Congo. Cassava mosaic virus disease is threatening their food supply and their...

For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...

Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo’s healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has...

The lack of municipal waste disposal services in the Republic of Congo’s capital has led to a proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose a serious...

NGOs in the Republic of Congo have urged the country's president to adopt a draft law aimed at protecting indigenous people, who, they say, are...

Human rights activists who gathered in Brazzaville have called on African states to do more to prevent the enforced disappearance of citizens and...

More than eight years and numerous court cases later, security officials, relatives and human rights advocates are still trying to find out what...

Many of the atrocities committed during the armed conflicts that have plagued the Republic of Congo in recent years were fuelled by illicit...