Africa: Saving Golden Monkeys Through Face Recognition

A British primatologist has been working with scientists in the US to develop a facial recognition app that will help her and others research and protect rare golden monkeys in Rwanda.

Golden monkeys are an endangered species in the Virunga Mountains that straddle Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is where the famous mountain gorillas live.

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