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At Kwita Izina ceremony, 18 new baby gorillas receive names Rwandans recently celebrated the birth of 18 baby gorillas at the 10th anniversary of Kwita Izina, the annual gorilla naming ceremony, which took place last Tuesday. The event…

Your eyes were not deceiving you. There is, indeed, a ceremony for naming mountain gorillas and it is called Kwita Izina. The most recent Kwita Izina (which literally means 'to give a name' in Kinyarwanda, the mother tongue of Rwanda) was held in…

At the foot of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro, lies Amboseli National Park. The protected area at Kenya’s southern border, only about 392 sq. kilometers, is a rare gem. Despite its relatively small area, it hosts over 1,800 African bush…

Before African alpine bamboo grows into the tall, verdant stands clustered across high mountain forests, it starts off as a fragile shoot from a seed so tiny that it is invisible to the naked eye.The young plants of Yushania alpina, ranging from 2…

This is way overdue, but was eclipsed by numerous events that took place in between. I apologise for that. Following the Aspen Seminar that was held in Johannesburg and Singita Sabi Sand in October 2008, Babu (who is on the AWF’s board of trustees)…

At first light in Likunduamba, the forest wakes before the village. The Maringa–Lopori–Wamba (MLW) landscape, a mosaic of community forests and peat-rich swamps, is home to some of the Congo Basin's last strongholds for bonobos. Here, the…

As the school year begins, six young conservationists are gearing up for a different type of education—one that is very hands on.The African continent is large and diverse, and as AWF expands into further landscapes we will need access to a greater…

Chimpanzees play a vital role in maintaining forest health and contribute to human well-being through income-generating projects such as tourism. This year’s World Chimpanzee Day serves as a reminder to intensify our conservation and sustainable…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) office in Cameroon earlier this month held a strategy workshop to align the organization’s 10-year Strategic Vision with the current conservation challenges and needs of the Dja landscape in south-eastern…

Knowledge Vingi spearheads transformational conservation projects and programs working with young people in his home country Zimbabwe. An environmental scientist by training, he has worked with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority…

I was heartbroken when I heard the news about the death of Satao, a mighty bull elephant recently killed by poachers in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park. It is unfortunate that Satao should survive the poaching wars of the 1970s…

Since stepping into the role of African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) president in January 2016, Kaddu Sebunya has met with heads of state and regional bodies in Africa to advocate for sustainable development that takes the continent’s…

As tens of thousands of African elephants and a record number of Africa’s rhinos are killed by poachers each year, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has established a US$10 million Urgent Response Fund to stop the killing of Africa’s…

WASHINGTON--Dr. Helen Gichohi, president of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), will visit Washington, D.C., from May 11 to May 16.As president, Dr. Gichohi directs AWF's African Heartlands Program, which comprises eight massive landscapes…