Odzala News Today

Yaoundé, 26 February 2024 – Six weeks after signing a $50 million forest protection deal with donors, the Republic of Congo has given the green light to oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli National Park, the country’s most biodiverse protected area ...

The conservation group African Parks says it has contracted the law firm Omnia Strategy LLP to investigate allegations of human rights abuses at Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo. The allegations were first published by the news outlet the Daily Mail on Jan. 27th. The reporting included testimony by Indigenous Baka community members […]

The two royals have both been criticized by the same charity over projects in Africa.

The Baka people are trapped in tragedy - one partly funded by Western donors and governments.

Prince Harry "immediately escalated" accusations of the abuse of tribespeople by guards from African Parks, where he is a director.

Algeria is the largest African country and the tenth-largest country in the world. The country has a diverse landscape and lots to offer in terms of sceneries.

The very existence of the Baka as a people is threatened. It’s time to decolonize conservation.

It’s 6am. I am waist-deep in a swamp in the Congolese jungle. Rays of light flash through the branches, a hippo barks and mangabey monkeys chatter in the trees

The Ebola virus outbreak had an impact on not only humans, it affected Gorilla populations in the Congo and Uganda

The approach to the “village of elephants” in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African Republic must be made in complete silence. Not even the faintest rustle of backpack on rain jacket should break the soundscape as visitors wade through the sometimes waist-deep swamp at the forest’s edge. The Indigenous Ba’aka guides must be able […]