Full Coverage: Central Africa

28.06.2006 Peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved, according to research in Sudan, Congo and Uganda by the International Crisis Group.

28.06.2006 Save the Children has raised concern about the increase in the re-recruitment of children into armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo following the abduction of six children by "heavily armed and aggressive" soldiers.

22.06.2006 Numbers of elephants and other large mammals have increased in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park in the last three years - thanks largely to park guards paid $1 a month.

16.06.2006 Five African countries will take part in this year’s World Cup, including Angola where CAFOD are kick-starting a new fundraising initiative.

16.06.2006 The international community should help the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo tighten its surveillance of the diamond mining industry, said a new report published by London based Global Witness, a organization that monitors industry-related corruption.

09.06.2006 When UN Security Council members visit Democratic Republic of Congo on 11-12 June, they should insist that the government protects the rights of journalists and human rights defenders ahead of the coming elections, an international rights group said today.

09.06.2006 After nearly 50 years, the okapi – the closest known relative to the giraffe – has been rediscovered in Virunga National Park in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

07.06.2006 The UN refugee agency says it is "extremely concerned" about continuing attacks by janjaweed militia in eastern Chad and the potential for more internal displacement of local Chadians.