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Radio managers and presenters from seven Mahagi stations listen to a facilitator and share findings at the July 28, 2026 evaluation meeting of the Ebola radio campaign, Ituri.

Power of Broadcast: How an Ebola Radio Campaign Overcame Boos to Fuel a Handwashing Movement in Mahagi

With no vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain, Environmental Defenders has

Samuel Warom of Environmental Defenders presents the organization’s Ebola prevention activities in Ituri Province, including community awareness through Radio Terra FM, Alur-language posters, and trained community health workers.

Ebola Outbreak DRC 2026: Along Lake Albert, trust building is aiding two health zones still holding the line against Ebola as Congo’s deadliest outbreak surpasses 3,000 deaths

With no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, Environmental Defenders

Environmental Defenders community ranger on patrol along the Murchison Falls wildlife corridor in northern Uganda

Keeping Uganda’s Murchison Falls Corridor Alive Through Rangers

On World Ranger Day 2026, Environmental Defenders profiles the community

Radio Terra field agents after completing training on establishing listeners' clubs in Mahagi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Radio Terra Trains 48 Field Agents to Launch Listeners’ Clubs Across the Lendu Plateau

The initiative will establish a network of community listeners’ clubs

Journalists posed for photos with the Mahagi territory military administrator during the training organized by the Environmental Defenders in Mahagi-Ituri province, DRC.

Environmental Defenders Train 26 Journalists from Mahagi, Ituri Province, on Biodiversity, Climate and Public Health

From June 15 to 17, 2026, Environmental Defenders (ED) hosted

Environmental Defenders (ED) Begins Community Forestry Consultations on Ituri’s Lendu Plateau

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are losing their land to

Ebola prevention DRC

Environmental Defenders (ED) Launches Ebola Prevention Drive in Mahagi, Eastern DRC

To halt the spread of the Ebola virus, Environmental Defenders,

A herd of African elephants standing in lush green wetland vegetation inside Queen Elizabeth National Park, along the threatened Kyambura migratory corridor connecting Uganda to Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Vision Investigation Backed by Environmental Defenders Sparks National Conversation on Gold Mining Threats to the Uganda and DRC Wildlife Corridor

Reporting by veteran environmental journalist Gerald Tenywa, published in the

Environmental Defenders team and Aruko fish workers gathered for a group photo at the shore of Lake Albert after a community seminar on small-scale fisheries rights in Mahagi territory, Ituri Province, DRC.

Environmental Defenders Organizes Seminars for DRC Fisher Communities on Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSFs)

Lake Albert, situated at the center of the central African

Oil, Land, Dispossession and Justice In Uganda: Voices from the Albertine

Oil, Land, Dispossession and Justice In Uganda: Voices from the Albertine

In Uganda Radio Network’s National Perspective this week, over the