The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will now be run under a new management partnership agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the DRC ...

2025 47COM 7A.8 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2025 47COM 7A.11 - Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 2025 47COM 8C.1 ...

For ages, it was just a myth; soon, it may be just a memory. The okapi, the "forest giraffe" from the Congo - that gentle, fascinating beast known to Western science only since 1901 - is now ...

A baby okapi named Elombe has just begun exploring his habitat at the San Diego Zoo, where visitors can now see this rare relative of the giraffe. Elombe was born at the zoo three months ago. For most ...

Congolese authorities seize 31kg of gold in Ituri province Gold mined illegally in Okapi wildlife reserve Uganda is foremost destination for gold smuggled from Ituri - UN KINSHASA, June 22 (Reuters) - ...

The discovery of the okapi shocked the world in 1901. African explorer, Henry Stanley, called it “donkey-like,” while others thought it a new species of zebra, given the stripes. However, this ...