The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five ...

For more than two decades, the Government of Rwanda has undertaken a challenging but purposeful task of turning former combatants into fully integrated citizens. To date, more than 13,000 former FDLR ...

10% of all park tourism revenue is channelled back to neighbouring communities.Claude Hakorimana, 32, a former poacher from a community bordering Volcanoes National Park, says he was drawn into ...

For some residents, relocating from the wetlands has been a relief rather than a loss. Athanase Segatsinzi, 60, head of ...

An African safari is a bucket list fantasy, right up there with sleeping in a Maldivian overwater villa or seeing the Taj ...

A mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins, a "rare and remarkable event", in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Maiko National Park, a few committed rangers have succeeded in protecting gorillas, elephants and other animals from the surrounding fighting. RFI spoke to ...

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, according to the Virunga National Park.

These remote mountains in western Tanzania don't get the crowds of Gombe, which Jane Goodall made famous, or other sites in ...

The City of Kigali has pledged to strengthen the use of technology to protect the 22 per cent of its land earmarked for agriculture under the Kigali City Master Plan, amid growing cases of ...

Discover 12 hands-on food experiences where local traditions, expert makers and unforgettable flavours bring each destination ...