Yet, in recent years, one critical forest has continued to shine as a beacon of hope in the battle against climate change – the Congo Basin ... border of the DRC and Rwanda.
Lewis led a team several years ago to map the extent of the Congo Basin peatlands. The team discovered that they are the largest tropical peatlands in the world, storing three years’ worth of ...
Map locates Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, as well as Goma, Gisenyi and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda for 25 years, worked with the NBA and the ...
Rwanda denies backing the rebels. Map locates Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda.
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...
The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... for Mongabay. Map by Joel Masselink.
Belgium’s King Leopold also sent emissaries to secure recognition of the “International Congo Society”, an association formed to establish his personal control of the Congo Basin.
Rwanda has sent between 7,000 - 12,000 soldiers to eastern Congo to support M23, analysts and diplomats told Reuters. Rwanda denies providing arms and troops to M23 and says its forces are acting ...
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...
Belgium’s King Leopold also sent emissaries to secure recognition of the “International Congo Society”, an association formed to establish his personal control of the Congo Basin ... fell following ...
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under the ...