The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has gained infamy for ... the African country is home to the oldest national park on the continent: Virunga National Park. It's a UNESCO World Heritage ...

By Malavika Vyawahare Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation could imperil the region’s rich wildlife. “We found ...

As a World Heritage Sites, boundary changes cannot be made by DRC alone, but must be agreed by UNESCO. Virunga National Park was designated World Heritage Site in recognition of its outstanding ...

These stories are rarely visible in international media reporting on the park, which generally focus on the wildlife and the rangers ... are currently many debates happening in eastern DRC about ...

British oil company Soco International PLC has gained the rights to explore for oil in an eastern DRC block, which includes part of Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park. The park is home to over ...

However, Rwanda’s Akagera National Park is an example ... subsistence activities like wildlife hunting. Militias like the diverse range of Mai Mai groups in DRC and local armed groups with ...

Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one in Bwindi ...

The Virunga National Park, taken from the rim of the crater of ... in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. The DRC government will auction 30 oil and gas blocks in the Cuvette ...

When the ranger studied the ragtag crew he was supervising, seven young men repairing a rugged road that leads to Virunga National Park ... expunging the park’s wildlife for personal consumption ...

Gen Bruno Mandevu said the clash had occurred in the Virunga National Park, on Congolese territory - a claim Rwanda denied. He said the Congolese troops initially thought they were fighting one of ...