Around 8,000 people crossed into Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to seek refuge following the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano on Saturday, Rwanda's Emergency Management ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Virunga Mountains are a chain of ...

The Virunga Mountains are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The mountain range is a branch of the ...

Mount Nyiragongo erupted on Saturday, May 22, Forcing residents around the area to move to safer grounds in the West of the town and Rwanda. [Courtesy] Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption is one of the ...

Gorilla trekking tourism funds conservation and transforms local communities. Rwanda is home to one of Africa's most remarkable species: the endangered mountain gorilla. With only about 1,000 left in ...

Flowing lava from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, which occurred late on May 22, 2021, is seen in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23, 2021. [Reuters] Haunted by memories of ...

With close to a million species now threatened with extinction, it's not often you hear about a conservation success story. But the mountain gorillas of the East African nation of Rwanda are just that ...

Gorillas often get a bad rap, but folks who work with them say they're as much gentle as giant. On a recent trip to scope out the primates, an NPR... Growling With The Gorillas: A Rwanda Mountain Trek ...

A pair of twin mountain gorillas have been born in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, it was reported by International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), a coalition of WWF, African Wildlife ...

Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to more than 480 critically endangered mountain gorillas. As part of an effort by the Rwanda Tourist Board to combine tourism and conservation, the park now ...