Feb 6th, 2013 at 8:00AM: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is hailing the creation of a new national park in the Republic of Congo as a major step towards protecting western lowland gorillas. The park, which was officially created on December 28 of last year, is believed to be the home of more than 15,000 of the creatures, which have been on the "critically endangered" list for many years.
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New National Park In The Congo Will Protect Lowland Gorillas
Feb 6th, 2013 at 8:00AM: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is hailing the creation of a new national park in the Republic of Congo as a major step towards protecting western lowland gorillas. The park, which was officially created on December 28 of last year, is believed to be the home of more than 15,000 of the creatures, which have been on the "critically endangered" list for many years.
Located in the northern ...World's Worst Places: Top 10 Places In The World You Do Not Want To Visit In 2013
Dec 24th, 2012 at 10:00AM: I'm the kind of person who can conjure up an excuse to visit just about any place. I grew up in Buffalo, America's most unfairly maligned city, and so I identify with underdog destinations – places with bad weather, crime, ugly people, rude people, you name it and I probably still want to go there.
But there are some places on this planet that even I do not want to visit. Places where you ...Serena Hotels: Opulence amidst squalor and bloodshed
Feb 29th, 2012 at 11:30AM: Anyone for a game of badminton and a round of emerald-hunting in Pakistan's Swat Valley? Or perhaps you fancy a beach resort on the shores of Lake Kivu, just minutes from the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The March/April issue of Foreign Policy features an interesting story and photo gallery on the luxury Serena hotel chain, which they dub the "Ritz Carlton of Failed States." The chain, which ...Vice produces guide to Congo
Sep 23rd, 2011 at 11:00AM:
It wouldn't surprise me if Suroosh Avi ends up dead at the end of this series. A host and founder of the well respected Vice TV, Mr Avi recently made his way to The Democratic Republic of Congo -- specifically, the conflict-ridden East Congo -- to document the mineral trade currently pummeling the country.
Rich in a whole host of minerals that the rest of the world needs, regions of East ...
Explorers look to save elephants, end ivory trade
Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Two American explorers are heading to Africa today to begin an important expedition that could prove vital to the fight against the illegal ivory trade. Their five week long journey, dubbed the Elephant Ivory Project, may help to save herds of those creatures, which have come increasingly under attack from poachers in recent years.
Former National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Trip Jennings ...Kayak guide missing, presumed dead after crocodile attack
Dec 10th, 2010 at 9:00AM: South African river guide Hendrik Coetzee is missing, and presumed dead, after he was attacked by a crocodile while paddling a remote river in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday. The experienced guide, who has led expeditions all across Africa, was taking a team of kayakers down the Lukuga River at the time.
Coetzee, along with American paddlers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic, has ...Travelers chronicle epic road trip through the Congo
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 11:00AM: Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo has earned a legendary reputation among travelers. This war-torn African nation was once the stomping grounds of the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley (Dr. Livingstone, I presume?) not to mention the setting for well-known books including Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Tim Butcher's Blood River. This infamous history was apparently no threat to ...Kayaking the Congo River
Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:30AM: The Congo River runs through some of the most remote and wild regions of Central Africa, stretching 2914 miles in length, and reaching as much as 750 feet in depth at certain points. It is the eighth longest river in the world and second only to the Amazon in terms of the volume of its flow. Of course, all of that is fairly meaningless out of context, which is why this video is so amazing. The ...
Most survive (yet another) Congo plane crash
Apr 15th, 2008 at 4:00PM: How is that for a positive plane crash headline for you? You always hear about "no survivors," but all plane crashes clearly don't have to be fatal. Not for everyone, at least.
BBC reports that at least nine people were killed today when an airliner ploughed into a commercial area during take-off in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It appears the plane skidded in wet weather, smashing ...Photo of the Day (7/16/07)
Jul 16th, 2007 at 7:21AM:
Not a beautiful scene, but a poignant one. The shore of Lake Tanganyika in Congo, shot by Martin Baran.
Not every beautiful beach is a peaceful one. It may be the world's second largest (by volume) and second deepest freshwater lake, but it's in a region where trouble is constant.
The first Western explorers to find it were Burton and Speke, while searching for the source of the Nile. The ...Hiking and Hacking Through the Jungle to See Congolese Gorillas
Feb 23rd, 2007 at 9:34AM: There are only about 700 mountain gorillas in the world; half of them are spread across a range of mountains straddling the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Last month, rebels in eastern Congo killed and ate 2 gorillas living in that country's Virunga National Park. Then amazingly, about three weeks ago, the rebels responsible for the slayings promised to stop killing the animals. Travelers braving the ...
Word for the Travel Wise (11/13/06)
Nov 13th, 2006 at 8:00PM: Every time I hear Amel Larrieux sing how she's got to get to Congo I somehow fix myself to thinking I need to get there too and the Congo is really a place I'm in no rush to see. Still, I don't mind picking up a few words should I manage to find myself there one day. As mentioned before I'm limited to good language sources for this particular tongue, so I'm reaching back into the English to ...
