But those new rubber tree plantations would take time to grow, and hundreds of other plants also produce latex, in varying quantities - even humble dandelions. In the Congo's rainforest were vines ...

aimed at developing the facts in regard to rubber concessions in the Congo and Liberia. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Congo’s dark history spans centuries and lingers even into the present day. Though the most recent civil war ended in 2003, the scars of that conflict are carved deep into the bodies and psyche ...

Inameti Umoh, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria and international development assistance agencies to ...

In association with the Pulitzer Rainforest Centre Rainforest Investigations Network, a four-part series investigating timber smuggling from the DRC through Kenya and Uganda.

Rubber trees are relatively low-maintenance houseplants, as long as their needs are met. They grow best in bright, indirect ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...

Jayawickreme, Eranda Jayawickreme, Nuwan and Miller, Elise 2010. Triumphalism, fear and humiliation: The psychological legacy of Sri Lanka's civil war. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, Vol. 3, Issue.

For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a ...

South Africa took third place at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast when they edged the Democratic Republic of Congo 6-5 on penalties after a goalless draw at the Felix Houphouet ...