There is no nationally protected area in the world quite like Virunga, in ways both blessed and cursed. Its approximately two million acres include a web of glacier-fed rivers, one of Africa’s ...

the greater Virunga landscape covers an area of 13,200 km2 of some of the most diverse habitats in Africa. The landscape is home to Queen Elizabeth, Rwenzori, Semuliki, Bwindi Impenetrable and ...

Gen Bruno Mandevu said the clash had occurred in the Virunga National Park ... Rwanda twice invaded its much-larger neighbour in the 1990s. Africa Live: More on this and other stories What ...

DRC army spokesman Major Guillaume Kaiko Ndjike told Reuters that soldiers had joined rangers in the search operation at the Virunga National ... plant. BBC Africa editor Will Ross said poachers ...

Virunga National Park, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is Africa’s oldest protected space and a testament to the biodiversity and natural beauty of the continent. But the park has faced ...

Virunga National Park is Africa's first National Park ... However there are now plans to explore and drill for oil throughout much of the park. Company maps seen indicate SOCO, a UK-listed company ...