The work addresses a gap in biometric testing, as NIST’s IREX has focused primarily on closed-source commercial iris ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday that violence is impeding efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after protesters demanding the return ...

Team staff who are based in DRC ‘leaving in next hours’ The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have cancelled their three-day World Cup preparation training camp and a planned farewell to fans in ...

The WHO considers using an experimental Ebola vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain that is currently killing a high number of patients in the DRC FREEPIC The Ebola death toll from the Bundibugyo strain ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

At least 80 deaths and more than 300 suspected cases in the DRC, while Uganda reports spread from travellers What is Ebola and why is WHO treating outbreak as global emergency? An Ebola outbreak in ...

Representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on Wednesday agreed to a series of coordinated steps to de-escalate tensions and advance progress towards peace in the region ...

DRC’s state-owned Gécamines SA announced the sale of copper and cobalt to the U.S. following an agreement signed between the two countries at the end of 2025. The minerals agreement was signed ...

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...

The wave of indignation following remarks made by the Congolese army’s spokesperson has finally ended the tenure of Sylvain Ekenge. The major-general was suspended by the army's Chief of Staff, Jules ...

In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, with 590,000 hectares of forest lost, according to satellite data visualized on Global Forest Watch. Subsistence agriculture continues to ...