The forests of the Congo River Basin stretch from the Ruwenzori Range, on the flanks of the Albertine Rift in eastern DRC, to the Atlantic coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The Ruwenzoris reach 3,000 m and ...

But this rainforest is at risk of becoming a “carbon bomb” if trees continue to be razed. Two-thirds of people in the DRC live in poverty, and many of those near the forest resort to slash-and ...

This has “huge implications” for the DRC’s forests, he added, since the country hosts 60% of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world’s second-largest tropical forest, after the Amazon, and ...

DRC is endowed with exceptional natural resources, including minerals such as cobalt and copper, hydropower potential, significant arable land, immense biodiversity, and the world’s second-largest ...

Presidential elections will loom large in two countries with extensive tropical forests, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Indonesia. In the DRC, President Felix Tshisekedi was re ...

But the park, which is part of the 60 per cent Congo basin rainforest found in DRC and endowed with century-old indigenous trees among other biodiversity, is under attack, courtesy of illegal ...

Consider the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Its rainforests absorb 4% of the world's annual CO2 emissions. The DRC wants to increase its oil production from 25,000 barrels a day to 1 ...

Women residents often venture into nearby fields to grow food as best they can and into forests to forage for plants to feed ...

DRC, a nation five times the size of France, is home to more than 60 percent of the Congo Basin -- the world's second largest tropical rainforest. "The country, rich in strategic natural resources ...

“The DRC is uniquely positioned to play a pivotal role in the global ... it is essential for the Government to accelerate efforts towards more effectively protecting forests, building resilience to ...

A case of mpox Clade 1 has been detected in England, with the person having recently travelled to an affected area.

Analysis - The world's first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in ...