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Climate change in the Congo Basin will be different from the...
Searching for nutritional security in the forests of Central...
For DR Congo’s forests, legislation is only part of the ...
An open letter to President Obama

The Congo River basin accounts for nearly a third of all water resources in Africa, helping feed forests, provide livelihood opportunities and generate power
Mangroves that could protect Cameroon from rising seas may be subject to more pressure than they can bear
Should the long-established livelihoods of hunters and gatherers be integrated into the modern economy?
As buildings collapse, claiming lives, Tanzania's president blames corrupt procurement and tendering process - a problem even though Tanzania is member of Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.
Slowing forest loss will be difficult until the government addresses corruption, fighting and other problems
As Mozambique tries to harness its energy resources to lift its citizens out of poverty, can it also build a climate-resilient, low-carbon future?
"The political culture is not about sharing resources, it is about each small section making it for itself," one researcher says
For isolated forest communities facing bad roads and poor telephone and Internet access, radio is the route to information
In the Congo Basin, men and women carry out quite similar livelihood activities — farming, hunting and collecting various forest products — but in very different ways
Bridge loans close gap between money pledged and received
Could East Africa’s regional development authority help figure out how to best use the region’s water resources?
Medical experts say that tobacco farming leads to Green Tobacco Sickness
Extractive companies pay low fees and royalties in Africa in order to offset the political risk of operating there
Stronger evidence on the costs and benefits of climate-smart development would help make the case
Somalia’s journey of reconstruction could be the most complex African journey in fifty years but also prove to be the most rewarding