The “Congo Pygmies” were subjected to public viewing, and when the public was not around, were studied and measured by scientists – racial anthropologists – who declared the “specimens ...

Pygmies are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of Central Africa, and around 600,000 live in Congo. A Catholic cleric in the province, Monsignor Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku, told The ...

Odzala-Kokoua National Park, one of Africa’s oldest, is located in the Republic of the Congo within the heart of the Congo Basin ... This protected haven is home to rare species such as the elusive ...

Barnes The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old ... Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic ...

Schuetze and Jim Tankersley The pygmy hippopotamus ... by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis ...

The term “Pygmy” itself is a label of external origin ... They can be found in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. As we reflect on the naming of the Twa, we ...

Native to the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, okapis are known for their zebra-like ... Its enduring presence underscores its adaptative success across millennia. Pygmy ...

Pygmy hippos from Madrid to Mumbai Other unusual ... Mpox vaccines from Brussels to Kinshasa The Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding countries shows the unequal ...

After their famous encounter in what is now Tanzania, Stanley accepted a commission from the notorious King Leopold II of Belgium to explore the Congo region. During his explorations Stanley heard of ...