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.:: ...

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

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 ...

The sanctuary's keepers have defiantly kept it closed since late May as a protest to spur the government into action over the ...