With 155 million hectares of forest, 67% of its territory, the country is a global environmental powerhouse; at a loss of 466.500 hectares per year, the deforestation rate is estimated at 0,3%

One of the first in-depth studies of the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial cobalt mining in the country reveals that toxic pollution from the industryis having devastating impacts on humans and nature

Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership

Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has published an open letter calling on the United Nations to postpone the withdrawal of the multinational Monusco force from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo