KINSHASA, Congo -- Yongela Bongo hid the secret from her husband for the seven years they were married. But when he finally discovered the truth, he kicked her out on the street -- keeping their ...

The chief of Congo's Pygmy tribe says he may soon let loggers cut his people's forests, and all he expects in return are soap and a few bags of salt.

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IDJWI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - On Idjwi, the largest island in Democratic Republic of Congo, a way of life is dying. Congo's Pygmies are among central Africa's oldest indigenous ...

LAKE TUMBA, Congo (AP) — Pygmy chief Mbomba Bokenu says he may soon let loggers cut his people's forest, and all he expects in return are soap and a few bags of salt. "The Pygmies are suffering ...

In this March 21, 2010 photo, Mbuti pygmy Kange Ambali takes a turn swinging on a vine found near the hunting camp at Biyamati, in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, outside Epulu, Congo.

PYGMY activists from Congo today demanded that the United Nations set up a tribunal to try government and rebel fighters accused of slaughtering and eating Pygmies during fighting in the ...

Sixteen-year-old Elisée Nyanokonzo used to be afraid to walk alone around the streets of Mbandaka, the crumbling provincial of Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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In this March 21, 2010 photo, Mbuti pygmy Kange Ambali takes a turn swinging on a vine found near the hunting camp at Biyamati, in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, outside Epulu, Congo. The pygmies ...

Ituri Forest, Congo ? They emerge from the stillness of the rainforest like a lost tribe of prehistoric warriors forgotten by time — a barefoot band of Mbuti Pygmies wielding iron-tipped spears ...