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 ...

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 ...

Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa's climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the ...

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 ...

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Known as the “lungs of Africa”, the Congo Basin is closely contesting the Amazon as the most important mainland carbon sink in the world. With its 200 million hectares of tropical forest ...

Global efforts to protect Africa’s rainforests have failed to halt the rapid destruction of one of the world’s last intact tropical forests, a new study has found. The Congo Basin, second only ...