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)…

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 : 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…

DRC : Olivier Ndoole Highlights December 10, 2025 as a Major Day for Climate Defenders Under High Pressure from Kibali Gold and Other Multinationals

Kinshasa – “December 10 is the most celebrated day for human rights defenders, and especially for…

Haut-Uélé: Two Environmental Defenders Illegally Detained – Civil Society Denounces an “Organized Silencing” Benefiting Mining Interests

Kinshasa — A letter of indignation received by our newsroom reveals a new scandal in the…

DRC : Mystery of the Nine Chimpanzees Exported to India — Environmental Civil Society, in a Letter of Indignation, Cites the CITES Report and Demands Accountability from Minister Nyange

The case of the missing chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of Congo goes far beyond a…

Kinshasa : CORAP Strengthens Its Dialogue With the Media on Access to Electricity

Kinshasa, Gombe — In an atmosphere both friendly and symbolically marked by power outages, the Coalition…

Historic Climate Litigation : DRC, Uganda, and the EAC Face the East African Court of Justice

Kinshasa, November 27, 2025 – The coalition “Our Land Without Oil”, in partnership with the Congolese…