New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Researchers at Durham University found that chimpanzees were as likely to console one another as bonobos - even though the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that ...

Congo and Rwanda vowed to come up with a draft peace deal by May 2 and refrain from providing military support to armed ...

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo committed to drafting a peace agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict between ...

The deal raises hopes that the latest cycle of violence in a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide might ease, ...

On 23 April 2025, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared ...

Currently, there is a high global demand for strategic minerals. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the market size doubled in recent years, ...

The humanitarian response in Burundi to the growing influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is being pushed to its limits as the deepening funding crisis threatens critical ...

The uncertainty over tariffs is likely to decrease the amount of money available in the market, which lowers the chance that creditors will allow countries to refinance their debt. Plus, confusion ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos ...

Many Africans across the continent are uncertain about President Trump’s Africa policy – what it is, and how it will impact the lives of hundreds of ...