DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest ... vice president of global programs of African forests for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). “But I am skeptical, and until someone shows ...

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines, which has successfully developed the large-scale joint venture (JV) Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in ...

Wildlife in the heart of the Congo ... Basin to be at high risk of biodiversity loss due to cocoa expansion,” said study lead author Vignesh Kamath, from the United Nations Environment Programme ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Conrad’s 1899 novella was a searing critique of European colonialism, but especially the form practiced in the misnamed Congo Free State. King Leopold II of Belgium ...

New research says the world's peatlands — squishy, waterlogged, buggy habitats — are vastly under-protected, despite the critical role they play in regulating the environment. "17 per cent of ...

This destruction threatens not just local biodiversity, but the global climate, as the Congo Basin rainforest serves as the world's second-largest carbon sink. Despite claims of respecting ...

Situated in the Congo Basin, the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing 750 million metric tons of CO₂ annually, the Republic of Congo holds a strategic position. The country is also home to ...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the disease ... same as the one responsible for a disease discovered in the Congo basin in 1956. The combination of the two location names ...

A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major Congolese cities, Kinshasa and Goma.

Last week, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda were on the ... And today, Rwanda is seeking to redraw the map of Africa by grabbing "a big chunk of Congolese territory while ...