In a milestone for conservation around Virunga National Park in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a large quantity of sustainable charcoal is now available on the market in Goma, the most ...

Like elsewhere in Africa, charcoal has become a big problem for Virunga National Park. Illegal production in the park has been high in recent years as producers try to meet the demand from the ...

Filmmaker Petna Ndaliko still remembers sneaking into the movie theater as a boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the wake of turbulence and civil war, the cinema in the city of Goma has ...

On the southwestern flank of Virunga, a protected national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was once a thick rainforest. Today it looks like the surface of the moon, barren and smoking.

2001 Report on a mission led by the Director of the World Heritage Centre to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 ... 2000 Report on intermediary mission to the DRC Conservation issues presented ...

The last time I was in Goma, DRC (September) last year, I was excited. This first visit was a quick one, that left me desiring to be back to explore more of a city that I fell in love with despite the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Belgian royal who, as director of a vast national park in eastern Congo has defended endangered mountain gorillas and other animals from poachers and the forests from illegal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When not abroad, travel writer John Oseid can be found in NYC or LA. Following a prelude that outlines Congo history, from the ...

GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – A line of Congolese park rangers raised their guns in salute on Monday as the coffin bearing their colleague Burhani Abdou Surumwe, a 30-year-old father of four, was buried in ...

A national park in Congo best known for its endangered mountain gorillas is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava nearly 1,000 feet into the air.