Fatuma Bugu October 27, 2026 The Congo Basin stands at the frontline of Africa’s battle for biodiversity, a living warning of what could be lost
Story by Fredrick Mugira | Photos by Renato Granieri In 2018, Ramba, a young chimpanzee, arrived at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone. That
Community-managed forests in the DR Congo, meant to safeguard biodiversity and promote sustainable management, are under threat from expanding mining operations that encroach on dozens
By Twahirwa Eric in Rwanda and Laetitia Kavira in DR Congo Rwanda’s high-end furniture market has developed a deep reliance on timber imported from the
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
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
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.
On the Brink: Transboundary Poaching, Habitat Loss, and Exploitation for Traditional Medicine Threaten the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee Chimpanzee Subspecies: Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Known Range: Forests
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