Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Seeking alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture in the Mayombe forest John Ndinga-Ngoma | February 6, 2023 The Mayombe forest is an important part of the Congo Basin, one of the world’s main ecological lungs. But the […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Illegal hunting with impunity in the Mayombe forest John Ndinga-Ngoma | January 23, 2023 Mammals, reptiles, birds … In the Mayombe forest, game production has been running at full speed since the RN1 road […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Mayombe forest under pressure from illegal logging John Ndinga-Ngoma | August 8, 2022 Birds are flying here and there, criss-crossing the skies of Doumanga, a village in Mvouti district in the heart of […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Market gardeners make and use organic fertilizers Fresnel Bongol Tsimba | May 26, 2019 The rainy weather does not seem to worry Mama Collette Malanda, and neither do the cries of the sheep, goats, […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Farmers profit by developing local market for watermelon Marien Nzikou-Massala | October 1, 2018 Bakary Fofana’s straw hat protects his eyes from the bright sunlight, but he can’t escape the heat. From time to […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Razed villages and empty fields await Congo’s displaced (IRIN) admin | September 10, 2018 Militia fighters and military checkpoints dotted Congo-Brazzaville’s Pool region for nearly two years. More than 100,000 people fled their villages […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo: Farmers in Kifouma rely on bitter cassava for improved production Fresnel Bongol Tsimba | July 30, 2018 It is very cold, but Hermann Ntsassa braves the morning chill to visit his cassava field in Kifouma, a small […]
Congo-Brazzaville After 27 years on air, ‘mother’ of rural Congolese radio still helps farmers improve yields Fresnel Bongol Tsimba | April 2, 2018 Adèle Tombet Tourissa knows the corridors of the Congolese agriculture ministry’s rural radio department as if it were her own […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo: Farmers use bulukutu leaves to protect harvest from insects Fresnel Bongol Tsimba | February 19, 2018 Sitting on the ground, Loufouma Kaison uses a small knife to peel cassava tubers. He piles the cut pieces on […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo: Blanche Bouanga overcomes HIV status to become successful market vendor Privat Tiburce Massanga | November 27, 2017 It’s 4 p.m. and the Moungali market in Brazzaville is slowly emptying. Blanche Bouanga is packing up her produce while […]