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

Award-winning biologist Fernanda Abra’s Reconecta Project is building canopy bridges across highways in Brazil to protect ...

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 ...

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 ...

This hip African capital city offers the best of both worlds, with a stunning national park filled with wildlife plus modern ...

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 ...

Every tree tells a story, and at the heart of each story is a journey of growth unfolding year after year. The narrative of a ...

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