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Relatives of people injured by army gunfire at Munjenje, Lualaba Province, DRC. Image courtesy of CASMIA.

Soldiers raid village as tensions flare over DRC’s Kamoa mine expansion

Didier Makal 20 May 2025
An okapi at Bronx Zoo in the United States. Image by Ryan Schwark via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

13 years after deadly attack, an okapi returns to Epulu in DRC reserve

Saïbe Kabila 14 May 2025
A chimpanzee of Mikeno Lodge in Virunga National Park, DRC. Image by Joseph King via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Poaching intensifies in M23-occupied areas of Virunga National Park

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2025
Activists march in the street of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand climate justice and an end to oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. Image by 350.org via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Through colonization, conflicts and conservation: 100 years of Virunga National Park

Elodie Toto 28 Apr 2025
Banner image of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Garcia-Pavilion via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

DRC’s Kinshasa could see deadly rain and floods every 2 years: Study

Kristine Sabillo 23 Apr 2025
Bonobos in the DRC’s Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve. Image courtesy of Maud Mouginot.

Bonobos combine calls in ways that resemble human language, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 8 Apr 2025
Gray parrot. Image by L.Miguel Bugallo Sánchez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Key transit province in DRC bans gray parrot capture and trade

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Apr 2025
A mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Virunga National Park. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

The untold environmental toll of the DRC’s conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2025
Two Aboriginal women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image of Élie Nzuzi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

DRC conflict so far ‘devastating’ to Indigenous lands & people: Interview with Samuel Ade Ndasi

Aimable Twahirwa 7 Mar 2025
New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin.

The environmental toll of the M23 conflict in eastern DRC (Analysis)

Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Joel Masselink, Lara Collart 7 Mar 2025
Miners waiting for an interview at a mining site. Image by Sasha Lezhnev/Enough Project via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

EU parliament calls for end to Rwanda mineral pact over DRC conflict links

Didier Makal 27 Feb 2025
An endangered eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii).

DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict

Spoorthy Raman 21 Feb 2025
A woman carrying a solar panel in Yangambi, DRC. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC

Belinda Mongolare, Didier Makal 18 Feb 2025

Bonobos can recognize ignorance and help, a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence

Shanna Hanbury 18 Feb 2025

Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities

Elodie Toto 18 Feb 2025

Amid bombs and chaos, Goma’s displaced residents share their fears and hopes

Ajabu Adolphe 17 Feb 2025
Congolese troops in the eastern DRC during fighting with M23 in 2013. Image © MONUSCO/Clara Padovan via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC

John Cannon 14 Feb 2025
Artisanal miners in Rubaya area, DRC.

How illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre Okenda

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Feb 2025
Banner image of African heads of states and partners at the Mission 300 energy summit courtesy of the African Development Bank Group.

African nations commit to electricity for 300 million people by 2030

Kristine Sabillo 30 Jan 2025
An oilfield location in Muanda early in the morning.

DRC orders environmental, operational audits of oil company Perenco

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jan 2025

Bonobo numbers in DRC park stable, but signs of decline appear

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2025
A man in a red t-shirt gazes into the camera, squinting slightly against the light in Budjala territoire, Sud-Ubangi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image by Francesco De Augustinis for Mongabay.

In DRC bid to grow more food, smallholders are overshadowed by industrial farming

Francesco De Augustinis 30 Dec 2024

New campaign seeks swifter justice for slain South African wildlife ranger

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Dec 2024
YEAR IN RAINFORESTS BANNER

The year in tropical rainforests: 2024

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Dec 2024

Armed conflict, not Batwa people, at heart of Grauer’s gorillas’ past decline in DRC park

Aimable Twahirwa, Latoya Abulu 16 Dec 2024

Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group

Ashoka Mukpo 5 Dec 2024

Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2024

‘Historic’ decision for the Batwa & DRC gorilla park faces hurdles — and hope

Latoya Abulu, Aimable Twahirwa, Didier Makal 19 Nov 2024

DRC carbon credit projects surge amid lack of regulation

John Cannon 18 Nov 2024
DRC mines might be poisoning pregnant women

DRC mines might be poisoning pregnant women

Denise Maheho, Didier Makal 18 Nov 2024

Cobalt mining for green energy risks women’s reproductive health in DRC

Didier Makal, Denise Mahelo 18 Nov 2024

Cobalt Capital

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2024

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