However, what you might not realize is that the African country is home to the oldest national park on the continent: Virunga National Park. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site, and it's easy to see ...

When the ranger studied the ragtag crew he was supervising, seven young men repairing a rugged road that leads to Virunga National Park, it did not take much to see what he had in common with them.

Virunga National Park, located in Eastern Congo, is mining bitcoin to preserve revenue in the face of disease and militia attacks. Virunga National Park, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Congo has launched a plan for the world's largest protected area - but Indigenous and local people say they haven't been ...

By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique conditions in different habitats is critical to maintaining their resilience and ...

Skip to content viewer section. After almost two decades of violent conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – during which time the Virunga National Park was focused mainly on ‘mere ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

The vets snap pictures and scribble down notes. Every month Kambale and Kabuyaya trek into the jungles of Virunga National Park in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess ...

Return to Ghana has a lasting effectIn the first of her two-part column on Ghana, Nadia Henry focused on the "Year of Return." Now her attention turns to another... Will Trump change the IC test ...

WWF and UNHCR are working together to prevent encroachment into the World Heritage-listed Virunga National Park by displaced people after several weeks of civil unrest in the area.

Interview - CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement ...

In 2013 we launched a successful international drive to stop UK oil company Soco from exploring for oil in Virunga National Park in central Africa. As a result, Soco committed to end its oil ...