What Trump's USAID freeze means for the rest of the world
There are fears millions of people could die from preventable diseases after Donald Trump signed an executive order halting billions of dollars worth of USAID.
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Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...
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Indigenous people in DRC cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly
When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...
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Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...
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M23 Rebels Take Bukavu, Control DRC's Border With Rwanda
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo's strategic city of Bukavu in the country's mineral-rich ...
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The sounds of Kinshasa
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's centres for music. With a population ...
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DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...
Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil's Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said.
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Indigenous man returns to tribe in Amazon rainforest after brief contact
A young man from an isolated indigenous tribe who approached a community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said. The encounter ...