For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

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 ...

Wildlife in the heart of the Congo Basin, an area that stretches from western and southern Cameroon to northeastern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are most at risk from the expansion of ...

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, ...

Supported by It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve covers 14,000 square kilometers (5,405 square miles) of Congo Basin rainforest ... restaurants frequented by miners sold bushmeat from poaching. At sites within the ...

However, the total elephant density in the parks still remains lower than in other protected areas in the Congo Basin. Meanwhile ... such as poaching for the bushmeat trade and trafficking ...

Red Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels in a truck in Goma, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, as the U.N. health agency said 900 died in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In Goma’s Kahembe neighborhood, nestled at the edge of the city near the Rwandan border, signs of Rwanda ...

GENEVA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border.