VOA Special Report
The Assault on Gabon’s Forest Elephants
VOA journeys for eight days deep into remote Minkebe National Park, where more than 80 percent of the forest elephants have disappeared over the last decade, mostly due to poaching. Poachers escape across the Ivindo River and deeper into the forest along the borders of Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of Congo. Outgunned park rangers struggle to keep up as the poachers they do catch often spend little time in prison.
About the project
In this project, journalists from VOA’s Africa Division and Mandarin Service examine poaching in Africa, the multinational criminal syndicates behind it, and the efforts to reduce demand for tusks and horns in Asian countries where they are sold.
