Congo River Basin's population. Humans have lived in the Congo River Basin for 50,000 years, and the area is now home to approximately 75 million people, including 150 distinct ethnic groups, ...

For the Congo Basin, 2021 proved to be an up-and-down year. ... Toxic effluent from a diamond mine in Angola contaminated the Congo River, which drains a massive swath of the African continent.

In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.

A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands span a region the size of England.

The Congo River basin, which spans six African countries, is coming under pressure, partly due to clearing of the forests for subsistence agriculture, large-scale farming, illegal logging and lack ...

The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people ...

The River Congo and its tributaries drain a catchment area of 3.7 million km2. Its basin is the largest hydrological system in Central Africa. Researchers from IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The United States will work with local leaders here in the Congo River basin to ensure that planned fossil-fuel extraction won’t result in a climate ...

Out on the Congo River, this reality was right in our faces. Dionne Searcey is part of a team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting and author of the book, " In Pursuit of ...

There's a particular kind of tropical rainforest in Central Africa. A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands ...

There's a particular kind of tropical rainforest in Central Africa. A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands ...

There's a particular kind of tropical rainforest in Central Africa. A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands ...