The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward ...

In the last decade, there has been a steady increase in the number of Indigenous Twa families leaving forests their ancestors relied on in the Congo Basin for urban centers in northern North Kivu, ...

In 1906, a young Congolese man was locked in a cage at the Bronx Zoo and displayed alongside an orangutan. He was not the ...

Traditional music and dance remain central to the cultural life of many indigenous forest communities in the Congo Basin. Gatherings often feature rhythmic singing, percussion, and coordinated ...

Gdansk Zoo recently welcomed a female pygmy hippo calf born as part of a breeding program aimed at protecting one of Africa's ...

A women-organized music festival in Goma brings thousands together to push back against violence and call for peace.

The United Nations’ acting top envoy for Congo has warned the U.N. Security Council that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOMA, Congo (AP) — Drone strike kills three people in the eastern Congo city of Goma, according to a rebel spokesman and residents ...

Fighting between M23 militia and Congolese forces spreads across South Kivu province, displacing half a million people and ...

KINSHASA, March 4 (Reuters) - More than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic ‌of Congo, the country's mines ...

The Republic of Congo is voting to elect a new leader Sunday as incumbent President Dennis Sassou N’Guesso runs for a fifth ...