"Tropical rainforest" might conjure images of close-packed trees, dense humidity, and the din of animal calls. But rainforests host landscapes beyond that archetypal one, including vast, treeless ...

The war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was one of the most complex conflicts on Earth, even before the defeat of the M23 rebel movement, perhaps the conflict's most powerful combatant ...

The 11 maps document work completed by the Smithsonian-Bredin Belgian Congo Expedition, 1955, led by Waldo Schmitt. Maps cover Africa as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo specifically. Includes ...

This week over five hundred villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s rainforest will employ GPS technology to map their forests in an effort to preserve their territory from logging companies.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country of superlatives. It is vast and rich in minerals such as diamonds and gold, yet living standards are among the lowest in the world. Use these maps and ...

Violence in DR Congo has caused misery in the country for 15 years A web-based reporting tool is allowing Africans caught up in political unrest to report incidents of killing, violence and ...

After lifting off this week from the chaotic urban jungle of Kinshasa, scientists guided a twin-engine aircraft over the real jungle. With a small onboard laser, they began sweeping the vast ...

The war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was one of the most complex conflicts on Earth, even before the defeat of the M23 rebel movement, perhaps the conflict's most powerful combatant ...