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Kilimo Awards 2025: Community Leadership for Climate, Forests, and Justice in the Albertine Rift and Congo Basin

The Kilimo Awards 2025 took place on December 11, 2025,

Bukavu journalist Honneur-David Safari, founder of La Prunelle RDC, freed after his abduction in eastern DRC

Freed Bukavu Journalist Highlights Growing Dangers for the Press in Eastern DRC

Environmental Defenders (ED) welcomes the release of Bukavu journalist Honneur-David

Journalists in Bunia mourn and demand justice after the killing of journalist Thierry Banga Lole

Environmental Defenders Condemns Killing of Journalist Thierry Banga Lole and Warns of Rising Threats to Journalists in Eastern DRC

Environmental Defenders (ED) strongly condemns the killing of journalist Thierry

A woman farmer in a patterned wrap and head scarf holds a hoe in a freshly tilled field in the Albertine Rift

Along the shores of the Itaka Lya Mwitanzige: A journey that connects women and rights in the northern Albertine Rift, Uganda

This interactive report follows women defenders around Lake Albert, known

Participants gather for a group photo at the First Global Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from Forest Basins in Brazzaville

Environmental Defenders Forge Global Partnerships at Brazzaville Forest Congress

The Brazzaville forest congress brought together Indigenous peoples and local

Women activists and young girls speak on air in the Radio Terra FM studio during World Radio Day 2024

Environmental Defenders Hosted Women Activists and Environmental Leaders to Commemorate World Radio Day 2024 on Air

On World Radio Day 2024, February 13, Environmental Defenders hosted

Women in colorful dresses perform a traditional dance during the International Women's Day 2023 celebration in Mahagi Port, DRC

1,000 Women Join Environmental Defenders and Radio Terra FM to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2023

Radio Terra FM and Environmental Defenders marked International Women’s Day

Women and girls from Uganda and the DRC pose for a group photo outside Radio Terra FM during the 16 Days of Activism, 2022

Women and Girls from Uganda’s Lake Albert Region and the DRC Observe the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Between November 25 and December 10, 2022, Environmental Defenders organized

Appeal to the Ugandan Government and Oil Companies Operating in the Albertine Region

Environmental Defenders (ED) calls on the Ugandan government and the