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By: Jonas Kiriko

March 11, 2025

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A Journey to Boteka: Where Only Oil Palms Enjoy the Right to Land in DRC’S Northwest

Apart from people’s land, expansion of palm oil plantations is threatening the biodiversity-rich virgin forests.  

By: Jonas Kiriko

March 3, 2025

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Cobalt crush undermines the future of DRC’s community forests

Mineral exploration and exploitation permits are issued in and around local community forest concessions

By: Jonas Kiriko

August 12, 2024

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Fishing on the Frontier: Fishermen can no longer make a living from fishing on Lake Edward in the DRC

On the Congolese side of Lake Edward, a lake shared with Uganda, fish production has plummeted from overexploitation and illegal taxes by militias

By: Jonas Kiriko

June 10, 2024

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‘New energy’ rush is stripping DRC’s nature reserves

The main cause is the scramble for cobalt, a critical “new energy” mineral used in batteries and electric vehicles

By: Jonas Kiriko

February 12, 2024

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Underground Ivory Trade Threatens Dwindling Hippo Population in Uganda and DRC

It’s not known how many hippos are left across Africa, but during the past few decades, this animal that has been labelled the continent’s second-most dangerous after the lion

By: John Dibaba and Jonas Kiriko

September 4, 2023

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