More than 50,000 people have fled clashes between two ethnic groups in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN says. Many of those fleeing are reported to be unaccompanied ...

George Liska was as excited as a kid at Christmas. Liska had just returned from Africa and ended a seven-year quest for what he called his “silver chalice” — catching a giant tigerfish in the Congo ...

TCHOMIA, the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Fishing boats line the shore of Lake Albert in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Children play in the shallow water, while adults ...

Shark fishermen from the central African country Congo-Brazzaville say they are catching fewer fish and an increasing number of juveniles in a sign that stocks are coming under pressure. The practice ...

Overfishing in the Republic of Congo is threatening food security, the livelihoods of local fishermen and putting shark populations in danger, according to a new report published this week by TRAFFIC, ...

The Congo River is a long, arcing river with a basin that spans nine countries in West-Central Africa. This extensive body of water provides food, water, medicine and transport to about 75 million ...

Evidence of early men eating fish abounds in archaeological findings around the world. They either used their hands or crude methods to satisfy this need for protein from the waters. This may have ...

“Local Congolese fishermen are actually at a loss,” Constant Momballa, a research officer for TRAFFIC's Reducing Trade Threats to Africa (ReTTA) project, told RFI. “They’re the ones who are actually ...