Bushmeat Stories: Voices from the Congo Basin
Armed with a long spear, machete, and wire for setting traps, Tamanga Ekwayoli is chasing wildlife. Ekwayoli lives near the Lac Tumba-Lediima Forest Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been hunting for most of his life. "When I started hunting, there were a lot of animals. But they are becoming harder and harder to find."
Postcards from the field: Porcupines and Proposals in Cameroon
Using a machete, Mama Odette splits a bush mango while she talks with Camille Dehu, a Masters student and intern. Camille has spent a month in five villages bordering a logging concession in southern Cameroon, collecting data for a project that is probing tensions between logging companies and local communities.
U.N. attack helicopters hit rebels in eastern Congo
More than three-quarters of a million people have been forced to flee their homes since the fighting began
Uganda says three dead in new Ebola outbreak near Kampala
Uganda had declared itself free of Ebola last month
Up the river & paddling hard: Linking climate adaptation and mitigation in the Congo
People in the remote town of Lukolela ? 540 km from Kinshasa on the Congo River ? are already feeling the effects of a changing climate, and with the help of a new project, are planning ways to reduce its impact on their daily lives.
Young leaders: the future of Congo's forestry research
A new generation of Congolese researchers are unravelling the mysteries of their country's vast forests.
Stop the forgotten conflict in Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Masisi (North Kivu), Rome, 14 November 2012 ? Since last August, communities living in Masisi district in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been displaced on a daily basis and at least 18 have been murdered, caught between tit-for-tat attacks by opposing rebel groups. Unless the peacekeeping forces (MONUSCO) and the Congolese army urgently intervene to protect the civilian population, more innocent lives will be lost.
DRC: Local Women Respond to Attempt on Doctor's Life
?We demand a peaceful Congo where our dearest brother and his family can come home." Grassroots women leaders speak out against the attempted assassination of their doctor and call on the international community to act.