Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony ...

As Ebola continues to spread across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, claiming more than 100 lives, two artists in the city of Bunia are turning to music as a weapon against the outbreak.

The clumping index (CI) is a key parameter for modeling radiative transfer in plant canopies, but its retrieval leads to significantly reduced accuracy in highly heterogeneous environments. To improve ...

Urging industry to make better use of wood that is wasted or burned for energy, researchers have released the first structural tests of non-straight, forked, and double-curved roundwood logs used as ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching up The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was already one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies before a new Ebola outbreak began spreading across its conflict-ravaged east. The IRC's 2026 ...

Four nurses who were being treated for ‌Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after recovering from ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

Four nurses and a lab worker recover from Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC, WHO reports Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC rise to 282 with 42 deaths, outbreak declared emergency Suspected Ebola cases investigated ...

Suspected Ebola cases have risen sharply from 246 to 500 in just 96 hours across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, representing an increase of 103% over three days. The last two major ...