As a World Heritage Sites, boundary changes cannot be made by DRC alone, but must be agreed by UNESCO. Virunga National Park was designated World Heritage Site in recognition of its outstanding ...

Gland, Switzerland – WWF welcomed the decision of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw the permission to drill for oil in Africa’s oldest park, Virunga. The environment ...

Before the war, he adds ... it’s a humanitarian crisis,” he says. Virunga National Park isn’t alone in facing these threats. Throughout the DRC, lack of access to energy is a pressing ...

He spoke to Bojana Coulibaly, a researcher specialising in peace and security in Africa’s Great Lakes region, about the war in eastern DRC and hopes that dialogue will prevail. Bertrand Bisimwa ...