Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native ...

South Africa certainly had abundance. There were seemingly endless tracts of fertile farmland; rich seams of precious gold, ...

A beautiful and resilient garden is not about luck; it is about knowledge. It is about understanding your garden’s microclimates and planting the right plants in the right places. Thank you for ...

Eight African adventures shared by local guides from across the continent from Kenya to Chad to inspire off-beat experiences.

One very special species towers above them all, giving many animals shelter: the giant arbor vitae, or ‘Tree of Life ... into its trunk or find shelter under its bushy foliage.

Universities in Senegal and South Africa are now teaching the skills of setting up nature-inspired projects to deal with some ...

Our top three exports under Agoa are all subsidised, but our agricultural goods are not and this is a very big difference indeed. It is an indictment on South Africa’s competitiveness ...

It's aim was to give qualifying sub-Saharan African countries access to the US market, without paying import taxes, thus promoting economic growth in Africa. But there’s no certainty that ...

and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof, and all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree ...

Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Wednesday highlighted the devastating impact of illegal mining, known as galamsey, on the country’s forest reserves and ...

In recent years I am aware of quite a number of news reports of people (adults and children) being killed when such a branch fell – either on camping trips, bush walking, school excursions, resting ...

Ever since 23 December, when a man bound for Dubai via Addis Ababa was arrested at Antananarivo's Ivato airport with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien ...