Analysis - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest tropical forest reserve in the world. It will be set up as a 2,600km ...

South Africa's Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has announced that the country is in discussions with Zambia and Zimbabwe regarding the possibility of routing an ...

African mythology is rife with several folktales, mystical beings, legendary creatures, and deities. Some have found their ...

The average energy project costs 40% more than expected for construction and takes almost two years longer than planned, finds a new global study. One key insight: The investment risk is highest for ...

By Mongabay.com The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” ...

The longest rivers in the world stretch over thousands of kilometres. From the Amazon to the Nile, they are crucial to human ...

Measuring roughly 4,700 kilometers (2,920 miles), the Congo River courses through the heart of Africa ... Home to more than 3,000 fish species, pink dolphins, and countless exotic plants, the river is ...

They looked to the vast Congo River, realising that its powerful waters ... Electricity produced by these turbines would then finance the plant's other turbines, he said. On its own, Inga 3 ...

They looked to the vast Congo River, realising that its powerful waters ... Electricity produced by these turbines would then finance the plant's other turbines, he said. On its own, Inga 3 ...

Before they fled, his Katangese troops sabotaged the control board at Union Miniére’s Jadotville plant. The company ... prison at the mouth of the Congo River. Adoula sensibly ignored the ...

An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African ...