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

After a human rights scandal in Congo Basin protected ... areas recently discovered by scientists in the swamps of the Congo Basin rainforest, as well as affected communities and the natural ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it was seized by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, a U.N. statement said.

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

Congo rainforest is the second largest rainforest ... Deforestation has irreversible consequences on human and animal life and ecosystems as forests generate water supplies and biodiversity ...

The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world ... A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human-made lake called a reservoir. Dams can be used to produce hydroelectric power ...