KINSHASA, Congo -- Yongela Bongo hid the secret from her husband for the seven years they were married. But when he finally discovered the truth, he kicked her out on the street -- keeping their ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 spears ...

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 ...