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Corporate watchdog urges clean-up of supply chains as analysis finds weak regulation and enforcement has led to lack of scrutiny.

By 1927, Anglo American had obtained a controlling interest in a decades’ old lead mine north of Lusaka. Today, the mine may be closed, but its legacy lives on in the tiny bodies of the children that grow up in its shadow and who carry traces of its ore in their blood. Their poisoning is just the latest in a cycle that will leave lasting intellectual and physical burdens on them and their children for generations to come.

A deadly conflict is brewing between those forced out of the DRC's Kahuzi-Biéga national park and the rangers charged with protecting it.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is ‘global wake-up call’ says World Health Organisation head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Political, security and cultural complications – not least a refusal to believe that Ebola exists – have thwarted efforts to overcome DRC’s deadly outbreak.

Women in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo are allegedly being asked for sexual favours in exchange for Ebola treatment.

The World Health Organization launches an inquiry after claims of ‘legendary’ corruption, including racism and sexism.

Few governments are prepared to care for the people forced to leave their countries as a result of conflict or climate change. Here's why.

Our computers and phones keep us connected but a key ingredient in them keeps children as young as six locked in a vicious cycle for about R26 a day.

The virus’ resurgence, this time in a city of more than one-million people could set the scene for a fast-spreading disaster.

After the outbreak of the virus in Angola, medical teams are frantically working in the Democratic Republic of Congo to halt its spread.

The country's yellow fever outbreak is a timely reminder that African countries can't get complacent with their vaccination efforts.

Refugees can flee their countries, but they can't escape the trauma of war.

Abused women from war-torn countries who have fled to SA for safety often face more maltreatment here.