The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest ... Spanning an area second only to the Amazon, it is often called the “lungs of Africa.” It absorbs 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually ...

Count northern Uganda in the days of Lord's Resistance Army; count Democratic Republic of Congo's ... In Lake Chad Basin's case, most probably, the shrinking of the once mighty lake was the beginning ...

Their maps show southern Cameroon ... Kamath noted that similar changes to rainfall in West Africa could accelerate incursions into the heart of the Congo Basin. “Climate change is expected ...

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

Represent WWF Central Africa region in IRF, GRAA and other ranger related meetings at national, regional and international level. Lead the renewal of the Congo Basin Forest strategy and approach for a ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

Is it too late, asked Le Pays (Ouagadougou): have we "reached the point of no return" for another catastrophic conflict in Africa? Last week, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their emergency talks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea come as the long ...

The country is the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but the population survives ... Situated in the Congo Basin, the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing 750 million metric ...

A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major Congolese cities, Kinshasa and Goma.

This Chinese-run operation exemplifies the unchecked resource colonization taking place across Africa ... that official maps are being followed, the ICCN (the body managing Congo's protected ...