In the forests of Sierra Leone, Bala Amarasekaran has spent three decades building a sanctuary, and a life, around orphaned ...

The eco-lodges and tree-covered footpaths of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been devoid of tourists for more ...

July 15, 2025The doors of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been closed to tourists for more than two months.:: ...

The eco-lodges and tree-covered footpaths of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been devoid of tourists for more ...

Bala Amarasekaran has never felt that running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in the West African ...

Bala Amarasekaran has never felt like running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone was truly ...

Illinois lost four-star running back Javari Bennett to Alabama on Monday, but later in the day coach Bret Bielema and his staff offered a different running back – Xavier Bala – from New York ...

Discover how Hadiza Bala's CDCU is tackling Nigeria's government efficiency challenges, bridging policy gaps, and improving public service delivery. Learn about her impact and the challenges she ...

Founder and director Bala Amarasekaran stands next to a sign with a quote from British primatologist Jane Goodall at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Founder and director Bala Amarasekaran (right) ...

Back at the Tacugama sanctuary, its founder Amarasekaran was appalled at what he saw as the government's institutional failure.

Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone's flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and ...