Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
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New study maps Congo's bai ecosystems in unprecedented detail
These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa ... producing models and maps of bais across the vast landscape ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.