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Mountain Gorillas are the largest living primates occupying rainforests of Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda , the Virunga mountains bordering Uganda and Rwanda and the extended Virunga’s in Congo possibly a total of about 1041 mountain gorillas still found on planet earth. Mountain Gorillas are mostly found in the dense jungle forests of east and central Africa while the biggest population find homage the west and eastern central parts of Africa. Other than the Mountain Gorillas , East and central Africa is home to Lowland Gorillas found only in Congo while the rest of the population of lowland gorillas is found in West Africa. Mountain Gorillas call Uganda , Rwanda , DR Congo and the Congo Brazzaville’s nature forests where they find a comfort home and these countries are proud homes the to the worlds remaining Mountain gorillas while the impenetrable forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda shar and the volcanoes of Rwanda are comfort homes of...

Corona Virus has hit the world hard but the effects are not close to the escalating hunger that has seen many people struggle to find a meal including communities that directly depended on tourist’s visits for survival out of selling crafts, tips or cultural encounter experiences. This has seen thousands of households struggle to live but worst is finding a survival meal for the day. The Batwa Community has not been spared either and to me, they have surely had the wrath of the pandemic. All was well with us at first when we got restricted to move _ in our houses by the government of Uganda as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the deadly virus pandemic, while we thought was a good idea and a solution to the then fast spreading virus, it hadn’t crossed our minds that fast about the lock-down effects it would cause to the more less privileged communities like the Batwa and many others who directly or indirectly survived on tourist guest arrivals. After we had written about Afr...

As Ugandans and many travelers in the world are still nursing the “wounds” inflicted by the Corona Pandemic, Uganda and the tourism community has today the 12 th june woken to the sad news about the death of gigantic and friendly Rafiki silverback that was murdered under cold blood in the hands of Byamukama Felix a reknown poacher in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable national Park . This is a big blow to conservation tourism, Uganda and the remaining mountain gorillas. Four local men of Nkuringo – mulore village, nteko Parish nyabwishenya subcountry Kisori District have been arrested in connection to the murder and face a fine of $5.4m or life sentence as per the last amended Uganda animal act. How did it Happen in this era of Lock down? While the boarder districts of Uganda are still under lockdown including Bwindi forest where the 25 years silverback Rafiki Mountain Gorilla was murdered. Investigations show that the Mountain gorilla was hurtfully speared in the l...