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Just months ago, Starlink was off-limits in the DRC. Back in March 2024, Congolese authorities imposed a ban on the service.
For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...
Press freedom is experiencing a worrying decline in many African nations, according to Reporters Without Borders, an ...
Using a new radar technique, Biomass can 'see' through clouds and tree canopies down to the forest floor, where most ...
The 1.2-tonne satellite will use an approach not dissimilar to that used in a CT scan, and analyse slices through the trees ...
In order to understand climate change, the ESA has successfully launched its groundbreaking Biomass satellite from Kourou, ...
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Belgium's DR Congo Complex: The delusion of relevance
Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...
Ten experts assess the start of Trump’s second term – to make sense of all that has happened so far and what might come next.
Between 1961 and 1971, the US military sprayed over 72 million litres of herbicides in Vietnam, including more than 45 million litres of Agent Orange, contaminated with toxic dioxin. Today, over three ...
Danish adventurer Thor Pedersen set himself the task of visiting every country in the world in one unbroken journey without using aeroplanes ...
The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral ...