Literature from the Congo Basin offers ways to address the climate crisis
Literature offers ways to communicate about complex issues like the current global climate emergency
Mount Nyiragongo’s volcano: why it’s unique and treacherous
The local and national governments in the area around the volcano need to be more aware of the risks from tectonic rifting and from the volcano
COVID-19: Lockdown threatens Congo with hardships
People are allowed to step out to buy essential supplies every four days in Kinshasa province
One-third of Africa's tropical plant species are on the verge of extinction
A large part of western Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo could lose 40 per cent of their trees, shrubs, herbs and …
Ebola survivors can pass on the virus: We’re trying to understand what role sex plays
Understanding how Ebola outbreaks are exacerbated by sexual transmission is important to stop new chains of transmission and to prevent it from …
Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape
High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions
Brazzaville Summit of the Three Basins ends with a declaration
Civil society disappointed that the Summit did not result in an Alliance of the three basins
7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support
Displaced people are forced to live in crowded and unsanitary camps
Most number of people in need of aid in Ethiopia, Yemen, DRC & Afghanistan in 2021
Need for humanitarian aid reached an all-time high during January 2018-December 2021
Six rangers ambushed and killed in Congo’s Virunga National Park
The attack has been blamed on local militia
Lack of access to education keeps 98 million children in sub-Saharan Africa out of schools
With UNESCO’s assistance, 90% of the countries have set national benchmarks to assess progress towards quality education by 2030
African leopard sighting raises hopes for their conservation in southern Cameroon
Although the Congo Basin was previously thought to be a stronghold for leopards, they are now believed to be absent in many parts of this region
9 DRC communities fight a century-old land conflict with a palm oil firm
They filed a complaint with German Development Bank accusing them of funding a palm oil plantation company in spite of being aware of a …
Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil
27 oil and three gas fields up for sale from July 28
Ebola resurfaces in Democratic Republic of Congo 4 months after outbreak contained
North Kivu in east DRC was declared Ebola-free in May 2021
Food insecurity in southern Africa up 10%: Report
The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition
Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong
Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …
Monkeypox outbreak most geographically widespread in half a century
Monkeypox cases have been on a slow but steady incline, a trend that has often been overlooked by many
Next COVID-19 variant of concern could come from Africa’s Great Lakes region: Study
Risk model by health analytics firm, Airfinity also names Nigeria, Yemen and South Asia as possible sources
Human activity is slowly killing the world’s rivers, study illustrates
The chemical composition of major rivers such as Yangtze, Amazon, Mississippi and Congo have been altered
Ivory Coast declares first Ebola outbreak in 26 years; 3rd African country to do so in 2021
Great concern that outbreak declared in capital city Abidjan, a metropolis of more than 4 million people: WHO
Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study
Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect
Over 7.7 million people vaccinated in DRC against yellow fever
In neighbouring Angola, an estimated 3 million people have been vaccinated since mid-August.
World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures
Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years
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