The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo--For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating ...

By Malavika Vyawahare Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where ...

West Africa newsperson Sam Mednick uncovered the extent of mining within the contested boundaries of a protected heritage site in eastern Congo. Mednick was tipped ... with legal permits to mine by ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant ...

Adams Cassinga fights for wildlife in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Adams Cassinga fights for wildlife in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Wildlife crime is a national security issue.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, an environmental catastrophe is unfolding at a rapid pace. The Okapi ...

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo for allegedly illegally ... the eastern Ituri province into the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an endangered World Heritage ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Three Chinese citizens were ... which has been documented to harm the environment and encroach on wildlife preserves. Many Chinese companies mine gold and other minerals ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains ...

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 ...