The political news from the Congo sounded better. The central government of Premier Cyrille Adoula was gaining strength. Moise Tshombe of Katanga seemed to be playing along with Adoula, at least for ...

Jean-Pierre Bemba, the burly chairman of the Front for the Liberation of Congo, a warrior, a business tycoon, and the master of a chunk of tropical Africa roughly the size of Spain, is miffed that ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 2, 2012 (ENS) – The heart of the Congo Basin rainforest where elephants, gorillas and chimpanzees still survive was named a World Heritage Site Sunday by the United ...

Humanity's closest relatives can be found hidden deep inside the dense jungles of the Congo, home to three of Earth's four great ape species.

KINSHASA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the ...

The park operates on a budget so small they can hardly afford to patrol the 76,000 hectares (188,000 acres) of mangroves, waterways, beach and ocean. Though the beach and savannah portions of the park ...

One of the largest rivers in the world, the Congo is home to some of the world's most fascinating creatures. This programme follows the 5,000-kilometre-long river on its journey from its source in ...