Illegal mining in the Congo Basin is driving deforestation in a wildlife preserve that is one of Earth's most biodiverse places. Gold mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Okapi Wildlife ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve, established in 1996, is part of the larger Congo Basin rainforest, a crucial global carbon sink. However, the rapid expansion of mining operations threatens this ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second ... allowing the company to operate inside the plush forest. Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

West Africa newsperson Sam Mednick uncovered the extent of mining within the contested boundaries of a protected heritage site in eastern Congo. Mednick was tipped off to Chinese companies expanding ...

This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into the world’s headlines after Amnesty ...

Interview - CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement ...

Joint venture formed to explore Chu-Sarysu Basin, the world's third-largest sedimentary copper basinLicence package of up to ...