Marcus Bachmann, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves.

"Sometimes you have the feeling that the poor are hopelessly lost," reports a Church source from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, which was taken by the M23 troops ...

Council chiefs believe that a North Staffordshire unitary could also mean better, more efficient local government. Stoke-on-Trent currently suffers from a low council tax base, with 93 per cent of ...