The chief of Congo's Pygmy tribe says he may soon let loggers cut his people's forests, and all he expects in return are soap and a few bags of salt. IE 11 is not supported.

When Congo's civil war broke out in 1998, many Pygmies were forced to abandon their traditional way of life for the cities, where the once-proud people now live in harsh poverty and face intense ...

In this March 21, 2010 photo, Mbuti pygmy Kange Ambali takes a turn swinging on a vine found near the hunting camp at Biyamati, in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, outside Epulu, Congo. The pygmies ...

Pygmy populations across the Congo Basin suffer "appalling socio-economic conditions and the lack of civil and land rights," according to a recent study conducted for the London-based Rainforest ...

Pygmies in the world’s second largest rainforest are turning to modern technology to preserve their lands. While the world’s rainforests are a rich source of raw materials, they’re also home ...

LAKE TUMBA, Congo (AP) — Pygmy chief Mbomba Bokenu says he may soon let loggers cut his people's forest, and all he expects in return are soap and a few bags of salt. "The Pygmies are suffering ...

Why Pygmies Are Dealing Weed to Survive. Indigenous communities in the Congo have harvested marijuana as long as they can remember. Now, with no land to call their own, they turn to selling—with ...

PYGMY activists from Congo today demanded that the United Nations set up a tribunal to try government and rebel fighters accused of slaughtering and eating Pygmies during fighting in the ...

Brazzaville - The ethnic Bantu group in Congo is exploiting pygmy populations by subjecting them to "slavery", according to a report published by a Congolese human rights group on Saturday. Indigenous ...

Mbuti pygmy men, from left, Faizi Malambi, Kawaya Situka, Besei, and Kange Ambali carry their hunting nets and spears as they await the start of the day’s hunt March 18 in the Okapi Wildlife ...

In Congo forest, bushmeat trade threatens Pygmies. July 4, 2010 at 12:01 p.m. | Updated July 4, 2010 at 12:01 p.m.

THE ITURI FOREST, Congo — They emerge from the stillness of the rainforest like a lost tribe of prehistoric warriors forgotten by time – a barefoot band of Mbuti Pygmies wielding iron-tipped ...