[3][4] In 2019, the government finalised an agreement with settlers in the park which will ensure that they had all vacated the reserve by March 2020 and moved to new housing units it had built for them.

[2] The Gbele Resource Centre is located to the north-east of Wa, capital of the Upper West Region.

The nearest town is Tumu, capital of the Sissala East Municipal District which is 17 km to the north.

[6] Gbele Resource Centre is the only wildlife reserve where the Rufous-rumped lark is known to occur and breed.

[8] Mammal species present include hartebeest, Cape bushbuck, waterbuck, common duiker, warthog, olive baboon, patas monkey, green monkey, African buffalo, African elephant and roan antelope.