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Police in Kenya have arrested several people in connection with two caches of illegal ivory seized in Thailand and Singapore respectively. Abdurahman Mohammed Sheikh, a tycoon living in Mombassa, Kenya, and his two sons…

Pollution, unchecked development, and uncontrolled fishing are endangering the ecological health of the Chobe River, experts recently told the Daily News, a Botswana daily. The Chobe River marks the boundaries of Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, and…

Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve (ICBR) was established at the request of the Iyondji community, who saw the benefits their neighbors were enjoying as the result of living alongside the Lomako Reserve—specifically job creation and income…

Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains National Park is home to some of the world’s most unique and endangered wildlife, including one species of mountain goat (the Walia ibex) that is found exclusively in the park. Due to its exceptional beauty and…

Tourists will be able to fly directly into Uganda’s pristine national parks without needing first to clear immigration at the country’s international airport. The announcement was among a raft of incentives approved by the Government of Uganda…

We are still having difficulties locating the bonobos in our research area, but we are finding their food traces of Haumania and Palisota as well as their nests a bit further afield, approximately 7 kilometers from camp.The reason lying behind this…

LUIKOTALE, DRC--Long regarded as the 'peace lovers' of the world's great apes, bonobos are known for their female-dominated societies and frequent sexual interactions with different partners.However, a new study published in Current Biology suggests…

The endless expanse of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rain forests can only be fully appreciated from the air, but the complexity of its life and the timelessness of its beauty are best grasped from the forest floor.  Attempts to…

NAIROBI, KENYA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2021) — African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) announced today a partnership with California-based Blue Pacific Flavors, an established leader in natural and organic fruit flavors. Blue Pacific Flavors…

For the first time ever, women will join the forty-plus team of community scouts patrolling Mbire district in Zimbabwe’s wildlife-rich Lower Zambezi Valley. For Country Director Olivia Mufute, who leads African Wildlife Foundation’s community…