The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction. They live in Africa’s largest forest, extending over the continent’s west and central regions. Large populations ...

A poacher in Congo-Brazzaville has been sentenced to 30 years of forced labour for killing elephants, an NGO said Tuesday. Elephants P Pulse News Agency International by AFP Follow Gerard Mombaza ...

A series of recent arrests of elephant poachers and ivory traffickers in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo have raised hopes that Central African authorities are finally starting to make serious ...

Two men from the Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested outside of Seattle last week on charges that they shipped ivory and white rhinoceros horn to the United States and had plans to send more, ...

The American government has provided $250 million in nonlethal military assistance to South Sudan during the past several years. In May, the Garamba rangers said they had opened fire on four South ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During his trip to Congo (now ...

Authorities protecting the Gabonese segment of Central Africa’s biggest forest elephant stronghold captured a record number of poachers last week. However, “terrifying” intelligence gathered from ...

The 739 pieces of ivory were found stashed in several containers hidden in bags of dried beans. The containers arrived on April 18, and the country of origin proved to be the Democratic Republic of ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Elephant poachers killed three rangers in Democratic Republic of Congo's Garamba wildlife park and wounded two other people including the Swedish park manager, environmental ...