Drone Strike in Congo Kills 3, Including U.N. Worker

The attack struck a residential area of Goma, killing an employee of the U.N.’s children’s agency and two others amid a sharp rise in drone warfare.
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'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...
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UN chief condemns killing of UNICEF worker in DR Congo strike

A U.N peacekeeper guards a house hit by a drone strike in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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DRC Signs $7 Million Poultry Agreement to Strengthen Local Chick Supply

DR Congo approves $7 million Kinshasa poultry project with Egg's For Congo Ten-year PPP aims to manage parent farms and industrial hatcheries Project supports efforts to reduce poultry imports and ...

Drone strike kills U.N. aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma

The drone strikes hit Lake Kivu and a private residence located about 164 feet from the home of former Congo President Joseph Kabila Kabange.

Person Wonders Why Some Bigger Countries Look Small On Maps, People Explain It To Him Like He’s 10

Maps distort reality because the Earth is a three-dimensional sphere, and any attempt to represent it on a flat surface requires compromise.It's like trying to make a rectangle out of an orange peel.

Mine collapse in rare metal-rich Congo leaves 200 dead, authorities say. Rebels dispute the number

A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine. But senior M23 ...

“Embarrassed To Be American”: 83 Times People Were Loud, Confident, And Wrong About Geography

Pandas, think back to your favorite subject in school. Maybe it was English, science, math… or if you were feeling adventurous, geography. The subject itself might be easy to remember, but the actual ...

Congo's antique maps put a museum and a mining company at odds

A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who ...
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NASA's New Moon Mission Partner, Michelangelo's Rediscovered Masterpiece, and Congo's Digitization Tug-of-War

NASA is considering United Launch Alliance to provide crucial moon-rocket components, potentially replacing Boeing's costly parts. A marble bust in Rome's basilica is re-attributed to Michelangelo ...

Crypto Weekly: UK-U.S. divide, billions of tokens frozen

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...
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Unveiling Hidden Past: Michelangelo, Space Repairs, and Congo's Colonial Maps

Recent science news features Russia completing repairs at Baikonur's space launch pad, a re-attributed Michelangelo sculpture in Italy, and a conflict between a Belgian museum and a U.S. mining firm ...