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

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

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M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province ...

Home to one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, the Congo Basin casts a sprawling natural tapestry across Central Africa. It is the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, teeming with a ...

Africa is a beautiful continent, surrounded with deserts jungles, forest and rivers which is at the heart of this lively ...

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

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.

The aid industry will never be the same after Trump’s freeze on USAID spending, writes Chris Wright. While this will undoubtedly leave critical short-term gaps, some hope it might also lead to longer- ...