The “Congo Pygmies” were subjected to public viewing, and when the public was not around, were studied and measured by scientists – racial anthropologists – who declared the “specimens ...

A grown pygmy hippopotamus can weigh between 400 to ... Omi because it means “water” in Yoruba (a Niger-Congo language), and Hammie Mae being “a sweet and southern tie to Virginia ham.” ...

Learn Twa (Pygmy) naming traditions, their fight for identity, and figures who amplify their voices. Discover self-naming and ...

Native to the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, okapis are known for their zebra-like ... Its enduring presence underscores its adaptative success across millennia. Pygmy ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries surrender to UN peacekeepers M23 rebels cornered mercenaries and remnants of Congo army after capturing eastern city of Goma Mercenaries were hired to support ...

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States on Tuesday advised U.S. nationals to leave the Democratic ...

NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...

Three-year M23 insurgency has intensified in January Congo says Rwandan snipers killed military governor U.N. Security Council to meet on Sunday to discuss the crisis Jan 25 (Reuters ...