An international consortium led by Powergrids plans to invest $100 million in three off-grid solar plants intended to power the cities of Gemena, Bumba, and Isiro, which currently have no connection to the country’s power network.
Giant off-grid solar projects to power three cities in DR Congo Read more
Deforestation dropped 18% in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new satellite service.
Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa Read more
Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn in as the president of the DRC, in the vast central African country’s first transfer of power through an election in 59 years of independence.
Democratic Republic of Congo completes its first peaceful transfer of power Read more
Now known as Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the park was established to protect forest habitats for local gorilla populations. In 1979, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Belgian Congo establishes Albert National Park, Africa’s first national park Read more
The Kingdom of Kongo was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo as well as the southernmost part of Gabon. From c. 1390 to 1859 it was mostly an independent state.
The Kingdom of Kongo comes to power in modern-day Angola Read more
The Semliki harpoon, also known as the Katanda harpoon, refers to a group of complex barbed harpoon heads carved from bone, which were found at an archaeologic site on the Semliki River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Humans invent the harpoon, perhaps in modern day Democratic Republic of Congo Read more
