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Inside the world’s only Bonobo rescue sanctuary in DRC

13 May 2026, 13:26 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)
Inside the world’s only Bonobo rescue sanctuary in DRC
Credit: editorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)

At the edge of Kinshasa’s forest, a quiet rescue mission unfolds every day: human caregivers stepping in as mothers for orphaned bonobos, the world’s most endangered great ape found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo.