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Scenes from Pallisco Logging company's FSC Timber operations in Mindourou, Cameroon.

Environment

Why More Roads in the Congo Basin Could Lead to Increased Deforestation

The construction of logging roads in the region has doubled over the past 15 years, and researchers warn that this increase could have serious environmental ramifications.

John C. Cannon

A stretch of jungle, scorched for agricultural use, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Environment

One of the World’s Largest Rainforests Could Be Wiped Out by 2100

Satellite data indicates that the Congo Basin lost an area of forest larger than Bangladesh between 2000 and 2014.

Morgan Erickson-Davis

The commercial centre of Mbandaka in the Congo.

News in Brief

The First Urban Ebola Case Has Been Confirmed in the Congo

The disease's presence in Mbandaka, population 1.2 million, is the first non-rural case in what appears to be a new epidemic of the notoriously contagious disease.

Jack Denton

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Dancing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Protecting Gorillas at All Costs: Meet the Fearless Park Rangers of the Congo

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government is trying to develop tourism. But the lives…

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Seeking Peace Through Superior Flower Power

Restoring Africa's peace could be helped by restoring its fabled—and endangered—fauna.

Michael Todd

Social Justice

Being Cruel Can Help You, But Let’s Find a Way to Fight It Anyway

The lust to kill is somewhat normal, and cruelty can have some benefits. But the researchers who are exploring those sad discoveries are also working to bust up the vicious circle that offers these insights.

Michael Todd