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Angolan communities return to seasonal migration amid severe drought

Elodie Toto 11 Sep 2026

Lack of data hinders fight against environmental crimes in Angola, says environmentalist

David Tjyakala 11 Sep 2026
Chimpanzees at Mikeno Lodge in Virunga National Park, DRC. Image by Joseph King via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indigenous peoples near Congo parks propose diverse solutions for the future of conservation

Blaise Kasereka Makuta, Latoya Abulu 8 Sep 2026
Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) at Omsk, Russia in 2026. Image by Yaroslav Burmatov via INaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

‘Birds know no borders’: Interview with BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari

Wilson Odhiambo 8 Sep 2026

Ebola outbreak underscores food insecurity crisis in DRC

Dan Yessa 3 Sep 2026
Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus). Image by Josh van der Meulen via INaturalist (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

West Africa’s plan to save its vultures struggles to take flight

Sean Mowbray 3 Sep 2026
A team from the nonprofit ASD Monde responding to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC. Image courtesy of ASD Monde.

Polluted waterways and water shortages complicate the fight against Ebola in the DRC

Elodie Toto 26 Aug 2026

Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet

Associated Press 25 Aug 2026
Aerial view of the Cuanavale river, which runs through the Angolan Highlands and joins the Cuito River. Image courtesy of Zach Vincent for National Geographic.

Angola’s peatlands highly underestimated, new study suggests

Victoria Schneider 21 Aug 2026
Manganese nodules on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton zone that's been considered for deep-sea mining. Image by ROV KIEL 6000, GEOMAR - Geomar Bilddatenbank via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Six African countries now support precautionary pause on deep-seabed mining

Victoria Schneider 13 Aug 2026
Preparing to enter an Ebola treatment unit during the 2014 outbreak. Image by Athalia Christie via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

As DRC confronts largest Ebola outbreak, health agencies revise strategy

Mongabay.org 12 Aug 2026
African savannah elephants, the biggest land animals on the planet, are socially advanced and highly intelligent mammals. Image by O’Connell’s & Rodwell.

On ivory, follow the trafficking networks and not the headlines (commentary)

Mary Rice 11 Aug 2026
Artisanal fishers at Cocobeach, Gabon. Photo by Ralph Messi on Unsplash.

Gabon ends fisheries partnership agreement with EU

Victoria Schneider 10 Aug 2026
A worker disinfects himself at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, DRC. Image by Prosper Heri Ngorora.

Ebola responders persevere in the DRC as Uganda nears end of outbreak

Elodie Toto 3 Aug 2026
Most tourists who travel to the Central African Republic (CAR) are drawn by the western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Dzanga-Sangha National Park. Image by Rhett A. Butler/ Mongabay.

Central African Republic’s Dzanga-Sangha tests the promise of wildlife tourism

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2026
Mobilization of residents of Kitombe village in the DRC during demonstrations on May 6 and 7 against the oil company Perenco. Image courtesy of Alphonse Khonde.

‘We couldn’t breathe’: DRC villagers revive protest against Perenco over pollution

Elodie Toto 21 Jul 2026
White-bellied pangolins captured in southeastern Nigeria and destined for trade. Image courtesy of Alex Moore.

Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2026
Medical staff carry an Ebola patient to a treatment center. Image by Moses Sawasawa via Associated Press.

WHO evacuated health workers from Ebola treatment center due to armed clashes

Elodie Toto 20 Jul 2026
A man displays a photo he says shows toxic chemicals spilled due to oil drilling, in Moanda, western Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023.

Fighting new oil blocks in the Congo Basin: Interview with activist Pascal Mirindi

Dan Yessa 17 Jul 2026
Likweli, a new-to-science species of colobus monkey described from the DRC. Image courtesy of Bernard Bonanga.

New colobus monkey, ‘Likweli’, confirmed in DRC

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2026
The rusty lark, a Sahelian native bird, was not seen or heard by scientists for 94 years.

How birders in Chad ‘found’ the rusty lark, a bird lost to science for nearly a century

Spoorthy Raman 14 Jul 2026
A worker disinfects himself at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, DRC. Image by Prosper Heri Ngorora.

Clinical trials begin in DRC epicenter of Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

Prosper Heri Ngorora 8 Jul 2026
The Congo Basin is home to critically endangered African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis).

Can selective logging help the Congo Basin store more carbon?

Claudia Geib 2 Jul 2026
African grey parrot is an endangered species native to Central and West Africa

Seizures reveal macabre grey parrot blood trade in Cameroon

Spoorthy Raman 25 Jun 2026
A bonobo observes its surroundings from the canopy in Salonga National Park. Earning the trust of wild bonobos is a painstaking process that begins before dawn and can take years to achieve. Photo by Alice Péretié / Chengeta Wildlife.

Before tourists can see bonobos, trackers must earn their trust

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2026
: A pair of hooded vultures. Image by Nico Arcilla.

Demand for vultures in West Africa threatens Central African populations

Sean Mowbray 19 Jun 2026

Conservation efforts by families displaced for national park sees success in DRC

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2026
A humpback whale fluke.

Protect Antarctic krill to preserve the health of Africa’s coastal communities (commentary)

Carmen dos Santos 17 Jun 2026
Just over 1,000 mountain gorillas remained in DRC’s Virunga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park as of 2018. Ebola infection would decimate populations: if just one contracted Ebola, it could “decimate the population,” with less than 20% projected to survive at 100 days post-infection.

As human Ebola cases climb in DRC, critically endangered gorillas are at risk

Kayleigh Long 12 Jun 2026
Bonobos in Salonga National Park, the largest tropical rainforest national park in Africa. Researchers are working to habituate wild bonobos to human presence in an effort to support conservation and scientific research. Photo by Alice Péretié / Chengeta Wildlife.

Four years to earn their trust: Habituating bonobos in DRC’s Salonga National Park

David Akana 11 Jun 2026
“For mothers and young elephants, Dzanga Bai becomes something of a playground and a very safe place,” says Ivonne Kienast, project manager and head researcher of the Dzanga Forest Elephant Project. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Mongabay Africa’s most-read stories so far in 2026

Mongabay.org 5 Jun 2026

Local indigenous people get more land in a DRC community forest

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2026

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