Unesco removes Democratic Republic of Congo park from endangered list

This curvy Cuiaba river aerial view image was taken in the Pantanal, Brazil. Photo: AFP

The Democratic Republic of Congo scored a key heritage victory recently as Unesco removed one of its nature reserves from a list of threatened sites, the United Nations agency said.

Unesco praised the country's conservation efforts and the government's commitment to ban prospecting for oil in Salonga, the vast central African country's largest public park.