By: Arthur Bizimana in Burundi and Martin Leku in DR Congo At the furniture market in the Jabe district, in the urban commune of Mukaza, within the town
Philip Buda Ladu/Julie Londo Along dusty streets, simple shops made of rusting corrugated iron are stacked high with mahogany and teak, their freshly sawn faces
Devin Murphy and Angella Naturinda Four critically endangered female eastern lowland gorillas (also known as Grauer’s gorillas) rescued from the illegal wildlife trade have been
By Elizabeth Goldman , Sarah Carter , Michelle Sims Data created and updated by Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova and Sasha Tyukavina – University of Maryland’s GLAD lab
A new count of the mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has started, in move to protect these endangered animals. Led by the Greater
By Fredrick Mugira For over eight years, Diana Kanweri has devoted herself to Kibale National Park in western Uganda, a place renowned for its chimpanzee
By Jonas Kiriko This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. Amid ongoing land conflicts with local communities, Plantation et Huilerie du Congo (PHC)’s expansion
Daniel Stiles investigates organised transnational networks smuggling great apes from Africa via Nigeria This story was first published by the Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism.
Cliff Abenaitwe In Bizimana Eric’s conversations about the Bwindi-Mgahinga Conservation Area (BMCA), the phrase “Eri neihamba ryaitu“—which means “our forest” in Rufumbira—often surfaces. This vast
How fourfold peril—armed conflict, climate change, habitat loss, and ritualistic exploitation—are endangering Africa’s great apes
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