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Threatened: Mountain gorillas will come under increasing stress as global temperatures increase. Photo: Robert Haasmann
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK

Saving gorillas, saving communities: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka’s One Health approach

The One Health conservation approach shows that healthy communities mean healthier gorillas — and a more sustainable future for Uganda’s wildlife

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
The resurgence of the M23 rebel group and other armed factions has led to increasing threats, forcing conservationists into a desperate fight to protect endangered wildlife while struggling with dwindling support and mounting insecurity.
AFRICA

War and wildlife: Congo park rangers risk lives to protect endangered species

Park authorities have been assisting ranger families, but the conflict and economic instability leaves them vulnerable

  • MG Reporter
3 min read
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is contributing to conservation not only with her veterinary skills but also by supporting community development
ANIMALS

Africa’s Role Models: Uganda’s first wildlife vet wants to change world

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is contributing to conservation not only with her veterinary skills but also by supporting community development

  • Halima Athumani
4 min read
Gun barrels needed: Rangers from the Virunga National Park in the DRC. The park has contracted Truvelo to supply it with steel components to manufacture gun barrels. (Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images)
AFRICA DEFENCE GROUP TRUVELO

Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure

Differing interpretation of the Firearms Control Act resulted in the seizure of a shipment of billets bound for the DRC from Durban harbour last week

  • Erika Gibson
6 min read