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

The Congo Basin's forests are among the largest in the world and crucial to holding the line on climate change - but also are fast disappearing. What can be done to protect them?

The Congo Basin forest road map reveals some striking trends. Countries in the western part of the region (Cameroon, ...

Without warning, the trees stop, opening into a clearing where forest buffalo often lounge ... and maps of bais across the vast landscape of the Congo basin. They found many more bais than anyone ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the second-largest country in Africa in terms of area. It has huge tropical rainforests, large reserves of freshwater and valuable mineral resources.

Over half of the Congo basin's 500 million hectares of forest are in Congo, whose forests boast the 5th greatest diversity of animals and plants in the world. Logging in Congo has long been ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change. It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.