African forest elephant
The smaller, forest-dwelling elephant of Central and West Africa, listed as Critically Endangered since 2021.
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Mountain gorilla
A conservation success: more than 1,000 mountain gorillas by 2018, up from about 680 in 2008.
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Okapi
The forest relative of the giraffe, found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Baobab
The African baobab, native across tropical and southern Africa: a landmark tree of the savanna.
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Central Congo Basin peatlands
The world’s largest tropical peatland complex, hidden beneath the swamp forests of the Congo Basin.
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Gullah Geechee heritage
Descendants of West and Central Africans on the south-eastern coast of the United States who kept many African traditions alive.