The degradation of the vast Congo Basin, known as the world’s “second lung”, is taking a toll across the African continent ...

While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly ...

European nations are throwing their weight behind a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, a document seen by ...

European nations, led by France, have launched a $2.5 billion conservation plan to save the Congo rainforest. This initiative, supported by several countries and organizations, aims to combat ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A punch crunches into the side of Daniella Muleketsi’s face. She grimaces at the sting of it and the crowd holds its breath in fear for their homegrown boxing hope. It is the ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Judex Tshipanda, 71, sits on a wall outside this Kinshasa's Tata Raphaël Stadium, recalling the day that has gone down as one of the most memorable in this ...

European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations ...

The French-led initiative — backed by Germany, Norway, Belgium and Britain — is called “The Belem Call for the Forests of the ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the main soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the ...

In the Belgian Congo last week massed tom-tom drummers practiced a welcome tattoo. Prosperous Negro shopkeepers climbed up wooden ladders and draped the Congolese flag (a golden star on a blue field) ...