He has been archbishop of Congo’s capital since 2018 and a cardinal since in 2019. Francis also appointed him to a group of ...

Congo, officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country located in central Africa. It is the ...

Backed by a coalition of influential funders, including Bank of America, the Central Africa Forest Initiative, the Good ...

The Republic of Congo’s recently announced plans to double oil production over the next three years puts it “fatally at odds” ...

Home to one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, the Congo Basin casts a sprawling natural tapestry across Central Africa. It is the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, teeming with a ...

"This failure highlights a deeper problem: Climate science has long overlooked much of Africa, particularly the Central African rainforest region,” said Dieudonne Nsadisa Faka, a climate ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred ...

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“The Herds” organizers say the significance of starting in Congo lies in the fact that the country is home to the second biggest rainforest in the world. The Congo Basin serves as one of the planet’s ...