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Rhino in Limpopo / Photo by: Craig R. Sholley African Wildlife Foundation continues to ramp up efforts to save Africa’s rhinos NAIROBI, Kenya, April 30, 2013 --- African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) strongly condemns the…

Mozambique is home to rich natural resources and critical protected areas like Quirimbas National Park, Bazaruto National Park, and Lake Niassa Reserve. With its coastline and geographical location, Mozambique is an attractive hotspot for wildlife…

Disneynature Collaborates with the African Wildlife Foundation to Help Protect 50,000 Acres in Kenya's Amboseli Wildlife Corridor BURBANK, California, May 2, 2011 -- Disneynature announced today that its "See 'African Cats…

Virunga Heartland--The Rwanda National Park Service, local authorities, community members, police and a cadre of soldiers are battling a fire in Volcanoes National Park thought to be accidentally set by a local beekeeper. Dry conditions and a strong…

Well, the past two weeks have flown by, and Angel and I have been very busy completing the community surveys across the two sectors. It’s a large area so we have tried to ensure that we have covered as many people as possible,…

 As the only great ape species experiencing a population rise, the mountain gorilla’s recovery is an undeniable conservation success story. But the unprecedented growth poses a challenge for its habitat in the Virunga Mountains: can it sustain…

Rwanda has shared $174,000 in revenue with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda's Daily Monitor reports. The transaction is part of a transboundary agreement formed between Rwanda, Uganda, and the DRC to conserve mountain gorillas and their…

Rebel forces attacked a conservation outpost in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda at dawn on Monday, according to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). Two Americans, four Britons, and two New Zealanders, all of them tourists, were…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and partner conservation groups celebrated the results of a 2006 census survey which showed that the wild population of endangered mountain gorillas has increased. The results, released last week by the Uganda…

Three Rwandan poachers convicted of killing two endangered mountain gorillas and stealing a baby one have been fined and sentenced to four years in prison, an official confirmed on Thursday, January 30th, 2003.The three poachers, who were former…

 The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) joins Virunga National Park (VNP) in mourning the loss of Bukima, the once-dominant silverback of the Rugendo mountain gorilla troop. Bukima succumbed to injuries on June 26 sustained in a fight with…

Statement by the International Gorilla Conservation Program, a joint initiative of the African Wildlife Foundation, Fauna and Flora International and World Wide Fund for Nature.Tuesday 5 June 2001--On Saturday, June 2, militia groups crossed the…

Congolese authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of 10 mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year. The suspect is a senior park official and the ongoing investigation attributes the motivation…

Conservationists and park officials have managed to protect the Virunga population of highly endangered mountain gorillas despite protracted conflict in and around their habitat, the mountains where Congo-Kinshasa meets Rwanda and Uganda. The…

AWF With the International Gorilla Conservation Programme Celebrates Conservation Win KIGALI, RWANDA - The number on one of the world's most charismatic and endangered species is in.The analysis of the census conducted in March…