Three countries in Central Africa’s Congo Basin are being closely watched for the possibility of a future political upheaval or coups after the fall of the Bongo dynasty in neighboring Gabon.

Spanning over six countries, the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon sink. In the run-up to the Africa COP-27, Central African voices are calling for adaptation. Listen to voices of local ...

which delves into the remarkable biodiversity of the Congo Basin - a vast and ecologically diverse region that spans the countries of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of ...

Indeed, in 2022 alone, deforestation in the Congo Basin, the "Lungs of Africa", accounted for 13% of global deforestation. My vast nation, home to the second-largest rainforest globally ...

The Congo Basin, which spans six countries in Central Africa, should be at the heart of global climate action. It absorbs 4% of the world’s CO2 emissions, and its peatlands alone store 30 billion ...

Germany, Japan and the EC will also contribute. The Congo basin until a decade ago comprised virtually untouched forest, but European-based logging companies have since moved in from West Africa and ...

The findings illustrate not only the richness of the Congo Basin but also the pressing need for conservation efforts to protect its fragile ecosystems. Known as the “lungs of Africa”, the Congo Basin ...

Many people, especially Indigenous communities, depend on the Congo Basin for food, water ... As stated by Greenpeace, investors from different countries have been rushing to Africa in recent years to ...