Africa’s most underrated (and affordable) destinations for safaris
We’re all au fait with the positive impact nature has on wellbeing ...
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Finding Africa's Lost River Valley
Sahara Desert into a vast savannah, where both people and animals lived in great numbers. Today we still know very little ...
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Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’
By Ruth Kamnitzer >Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
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Where Do Most Atmospheric Rivers Occur?
These ‘rivers in the sky’ —often stretching 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) or more—are responsible for transporting a ...
WHM gets environmental nod for Perdevlei concession in South Africa
The concession holds around 170 hectares (ha) of high-grade heavy mineral sands deposits, ready for immediate mining.
Madagascar's huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of ...
Freshwater supplies are ‘abruptly’ depleting across the globe, NASA warns
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin is the largest watershed in the world, containing more than 20 percent of the ...
From rough rapids to wild animals: Inside an explorer’s dangerous mission to protect water for millions of Africans
Steve Boyes braves Africa's waterways to safeguard water security and preserve the continent's rich biodiversity. Read more ...
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Equity Bank maps ambitious pan‑African growth; Ethiopia first
CEO James Mwangi says the Group plans to triple its regional subsidiaries to 15 by 2030, starting with Ethiopia before moving into Zambia and Angola via the Lobito Corridor project. Nigeria: NNPC ...
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Colorado River basins could face tipping point, drought study warns
In 2021, drought led Lake Powell to unprecedented lows, prompting the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to declare the first-ever water shortage in the Upper Colorado River Basin. The study shows that ...
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How We Made It In Africa
The co-founders of Aduna Capital recognise significant untapped potential in northern Nigeria, a region that encompasses about half of the country’s total population but attracts only a small portion ...
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African Development Fund provides nearly $18 million for efforts to stabilise the Lake Chad Basin
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved on 5 November a package of $17.97 million to Cameroon and Chad to bolster efforts to stabilise the Lake Chad Basin ...