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News from the field, the national parks and the great apes of Central Africa.

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  1. DR Congo: a gorilla killed in Kahuzi-Biega National Park on 10 July 2026 The alleged perpetrator has been arrested and handed over to the judicial authorities in Walikale, North Kivu, to answer for his actions in court. We deplore this act,…
  2. Rwanda: extension of the gorilla park People living in the Volcanoes National Park area will benefit from a model village called "Smart Green Village", costing more than 30 billion Rwandan francs…
  3. DR Congo: STOP the killing of rare species in the Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega parks Let us protect this natural heritage for present and future generations. Yet far too many animals are still suffering at human hands. The spread of armed conflict in…
  4. 40 years! Exactly 40 years ago, Dian Fossey died in Rwanda, murdered in her cabin at the Karisoke Research Center. The very next day, the Gorilla association was founded, in…
  5. Rwanda: the 20th Kwita Izina ceremony was held in Kinigi on 5 September 2025, in a magnificent setting dominated by two giant gorillas Forty baby mountain gorillas were "named" at the foot of Volcanoes National Park. But behind this celebration lies a sad reality: their existence is threatened…
  6. DR Congo: four female gorillas reintroduced into Virunga National Park Four critically endangered female eastern gorillas (also known as Grauer's gorillas), rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, have been reintroduced into Virunga…
  7. What future for Kahuzi-Biega National Park and its gorillas? In the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the emblematic refuge of the last eastern lowland gorillas, is now caught between human…
  8. This baby gorilla was found by Turkish customs at Istanbul airport on 22 December 2024 This baby gorilla was found on 22 December 2024 by Turkish customs at Istanbul airport, hidden in a small wooden box with barely a few holes to breathe through.…
  9. 750,000 trees distributed and planted in South Kivu in two years Deforestation in South Kivu, caused by factors such as slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging and population growth, has disastrous consequences for the environment and…
  10. A gesture of solidarity for Pygmy children and Kahuzi-Biega National Park Pygmy children at the Cibinda and Rwabika primary schools, in the Miti grouping, received school kits this Monday from the organization Engagement Citoyen pour la…
  11. Paris: Jane Goodall's lecture at UNESCO Gorilla was invited to UNESCO on Saturday 19 October 2024 to attend a historic speech by Dr Jane Goodall . It was an opportunity to pay tribute to the founder of the…
  12. Gorilla's president, Fabrice Martinez, welcomed at Kahuzi-Biega National Park The president of the Gorilla association, Fabrice Martinez, was welcomed at Kahuzi-Biega National Park by the new site director, Mr Arthur Kalonji. It was an opportunity…
  13. Is the mpox virus a threat to eastern gorillas? Monkeypox, also known as mpox, is causing an epidemic currently raging in the east of the DRC. It is transmitted through direct, close contact with infected people or…

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