For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how folklore is ...

Congo’s government on Tuesday described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...

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 ...

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages ...

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, ...

Gold mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Okapi Wildlife Reserve is threatening part of the world's second-largest ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

A recent study suggests that dinosaurs likely originated from steamy equatorial regions like the Amazon rainforest, Congo basin, and Sahara Desert, ch ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

The 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum has re-echoed its commitment to advancing stabilisation, recovery, ...