An outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
African ivory poachers have slaughtered 68 elephants in two month using helicopters and chainsaws in a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
With the predominantly Tutsi rebel group M23 routed and vowing to disarm, attention is shifting to how to cement and extend peace across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The current conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army can only be understood with reference to the genesis of conflicts in this region of great lakes over the last fifty years.