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Critical wetland in Angola gets formal Ramsar recognition

Ryan Truscott 21 Jan 2026
A Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus).

For two of the world’s most at-risk primates, threats abound and the future looks grim

Mino Rakotovao 20 Jan 2026
A mine in Likasi on November 26, 2025. Image by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP).

In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests are on the frontline

Didier Makal, Latoya Abulu 16 Jan 2026

Twin infant mountain gorillas born in DRC

Elodie Toto 9 Jan 2026
An eastern chimpanzee in Uganda. Image by Nik Borrow via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds

Spoorthy Raman 7 Jan 2026

Photos: Top new species from 2025

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2025
Rainforest in Brunei in 2025. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2025
An Indigenous Mbuti hunting group inside Okapi National Reserve. Photo ©️ Brent Stirton/Getty Images.jpg

Protected areas in Africa are vital but local perceptions vary (commentary)

Heidi Kretser, Diane Detoeuf, Michelle Wieland, Jessica L’Roe 19 Dec 2025
Journey by pirogue for members of the Baliga

Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor

Elodie Toto 18 Dec 2025

West and Central Africa tackle coastal erosion

Adrienne Engono, Carolle Ahodekon, Charles Kolou, Christophe Assogba, Roland Klohi, Rosie Pioth 16 Dec 2025
Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) inhabit the dense rainforests of Central Africa.

Top-down projects, exotic trees, weak tenure: Congo Basin restoration misses the mark

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 12 Dec 2025
Mangroves within the Douala-Edéa Wildlife Reserve.

As fish catches fall and seas rise, Douala’s residents join efforts to restore mangroves

Ngala Chimtom 11 Dec 2025
A L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus Ihoesti) at Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

An Empire of Nature: African Parks and Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Dec 2025
The river survey team near the Zambian border. Image courtesy of Jen Guyton / TWP/NGOWP.

Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River

Ryan Truscott 3 Dec 2025
Indigenous participants at the Free Land Camp on April 10, where they discuss rights, territorial protection, and their role in COP30. Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres.

What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 27 Nov 2025
A juvenile bonobo (Pan paniscus) gazes at an uncertain future.

DRC hit by record deforestation in 2024, satellite data show

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2025
Logging concession near Ndolou, Gabon

Norway’s multibillion-dollar bet on forests: An interview with Minister Eriksen

David Akana 25 Nov 2025
A mandrill is seen in a forest in Gabon.

Congo Basin nations roll out community payments for forest care

Anne Nzouankeu 20 Nov 2025
Indigenous guide at Sani Isla in the Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)

Kiki Taufik 10 Nov 2025

The uncertain future of DRC’s traditional medicine, a heritage to save (commentary)

Blaise Kasereka Makuta 6 Nov 2025

Congo Basin communities bear the costs of industrial expansion

David Akana 5 Nov 2025
Banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis)

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Nov 2025
Gold mine in the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, the Republic of the Congo

Gold mining impacts persist after DRC shuts down company operations: Video

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2025
Shoebills are one of the endangered species that rely on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Image by Emilie Chen via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Has Uganda done enough to prevent pollution of Lake Albert by oil drilling? (commentary)

Robert Agenonga 24 Oct 2025

Rescued African gray parrots return to DRC forests

Didier Makal 21 Oct 2025
Pipistrellus etula. Image courtesy of Laura Torrent

World’s 1,500th known bat species confirmed from Equatorial Guinea

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2025

Cameroon inaugurates controversial dam despite local dissent

Yannick Kenné 10 Oct 2025
A flower of the Moringa oleifera tree, which is valued for its medicinal properties.

In DRC’s Kivu region, the moringa tree offers valuable health benefits

Blaise Kasereka Makuta 9 Oct 2025
Bouba Ndjida is one of the only sites in Central Africa where we are seeing the early signs of recovery in the population.

Northern Cameroon’s lions are reproducing, but concerns remain

Leocadia Bongben 30 Sep 2025
The critically endangered western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is found in both protected and unprotected forests in southeastern Cameroon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

World Gorilla Day: What imperils our powerful cousins, and what brings hope

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2025
African gray parrot. Image by Robert01 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

DRC finally moves to protect African gray parrots from unsustainable trade

Didier Makal 23 Sep 2025
Fishers with their canoes in São Tomé.

São Tomé and Príncipe commits to creating a marine protected area network

Victoria Schneider 19 Sep 2025

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