In Rwanda's misty forests, the growing 22-member Isimbi mountain gorilla family thrives through companionship and care. While ...

AWF Fellow Djai Pascal authored Agwakwe West Ne'elemen ("our lost heritage") to address the black rhino’s disappearance from Cameroon. Combining research with community voices, the book aims to ...

The Lobito Corridor promises economic growth and connectivity for Central Africa, but risks enabling cross-border wildlife and forest crime. To mitigate this, representatives from the DRC and Angola ...

Biomonitoring is a core piece of AWF's approach to conservation. Across the landscapes where AWF works, the organization ...

I arrived at my first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) as an African Wildlife Foundation Policy Fellow carrying a fair amount of skepticism and ...

From May 28–31, 2026, in Boende, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) trained eco-guards from the Lomako Yokokala Faunal Reserve and the Iyondji Bonobo ...

MAKUENI COUNTY, Kenya — The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in partnership with the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK) officially launched a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) lab at ...

Across Africa, women rangers are redefining their role in conservation by demonstrating that protecting wildlife requires more than field operations. Through resilience, community engagement, and ...

In Faro National Park in northern Cameroon, the recovery of the critically endangered Kordofan giraffe is being seen through movement, behavior, and the formation of new giraffe groups. Since 2025, ...

For decades, the African Wildlife Foundation has helped lay the foundation for mountain gorilla conservation in Rwanda—protecting this endangered species while catalyzing the growth of the country’s ...

Volcanoes National Park is at the center of a shift in Rwanda’s conservation story. A shift shaped not only by institutions, but by communities stepping forward to become stewards of biodiversity. For ...

In Rwanda’s conservation landscapes, the boundaries between people, wildlife, and nature are tightly interlinked. Around Volcanoes National Park (VNP), land pressures, climate variability, and ...