Maniema : In the Territories of Kambambare and Kasongo, Seven Local Communities Move Toward Legal Recognition of Their Forests with Support from the Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network)

In the Bangubangu Wamaza Sector and the Benye Nonda Chiefdom, seven local communities have recently taken…

Beni : Virunga National Park Adds 15 Megawatts of Electricity in North Kivu

On February 10, 2026, in Beni, the Congolese Alert for the Environment and Human Rights (ACEDH)…

Kinshasa : Dilatory Maneuvers Threaten Justice in the Case of Judge Bulaimu Lazar Amsini

Since August 2023, the case pitting environmental defender Ndesho Kabwene Josué against Major Judge Bulaimu Lazar…

International Clean Energy Day: ACEDH Warns of the DRC’s Energy Paradox

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Clean Energy Day, observed on January 26, brought…

Mwenga : Agroecological Mobilization of Farmers around the Itombwe Nature Reserve by the Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network)

17 January 2026 – The Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network) is leading a mobilization of farmers…

North Kivu : Environmental Defender John Tuyenabu Assassinated in Kichanga

January 16, 2026 – John Tuyenabu, secretary of the Committee of Former Workers and a prominent…

DRC : 2026 Budget – $7 Billion for Investments, Almost Nothing for the Environment

December 21, 2025 – On December 11, 2025, before the senators, the Deputy Prime Minister in…

DRC : In Conflict-Stricken Eastern Regions, a Women’s Cooperative Turns to Agroecology to Rebuild Lives

December 21, 2025 – Amid persistent insecurity and population displacements in the eastern Democratic Republic of…

DRC : Conservation or Publicity ? When Congolese Wildlife Becomes a Showcase Argument

For several months, a Congolese environmental media outlet—now identified for its systematic defense of the partnership…

DRC : Vantara and Its Judicial Victory in India, But the Truth About DRC Chimpanzees Remains Unsettled

The claim that a Supreme Court of India ruling has “definitively closed the debate” around the…

From Samarkand to the Forests of the DRC: CITES Launches a Global Task Force to Save Great Apes

Meeting in Samarkand at the end of 2025, the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to…

Kinshasa : Closing of the Forest for People – People for Forest Program – When Communities Become the Heart of Forest Governance in the DRC

Kinshasa hosted, on December 10, 2025, the closing workshop of the Forest for People – People…