Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...

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The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more ...

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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 ...

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

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda – featuring on the East African nation’s flag and coat of arms. All the country’s ...

A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

An analysis of Chinese court records from 2010 to 2023 finds that pangolin scale seizures in the country peaked in 2018 ...