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Reproductive health and oncology nurse Faith Nelima outside the dispensary at Lokichar Girls Secondary School. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

Kenya’s renewed oil push faces a tainted legacy

Christopher Clark 17 Mar 2026
Lions. Image courtesy of Kasaine Sankan-Mara Predator Conservation Program.

Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya

Charles Mpaka 12 Mar 2026
What used to be a dirt road through the heart of the Ngezi Forest Nature Reserve has recently been widened to facilitate development. Image courtesy of Viola Clausnitzer.

Works on planned luxury resort on Pemba island go ahead despite concerns

Victoria Schneider 10 Mar 2026
A vulture nesting colony on Ngethelewan, an inselberg located on the Boma plateau, in South Sudan.

Satellite images identify vulture breeding colonies by their droppings

Ryan Truscott 5 Mar 2026

Beetle known for ravaging mango trees now killing baobabs, study finds

Charles Mpaka 5 Mar 2026
A Turkana elder stands in front of a boma in the settlement of Kapese. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

Can Kenya finally deliver on Turkana’s oil promise?

Christopher Clark 2 Mar 2026
A woman standing in a street carries a basin filled with a colourful variety of plastic bottles while in the background there are busy stalls and shoppers in the street. Image by Elliot Ovadje via Flickr.

Recycling startups test limits of private solutions to deluge of waste in Lagos

Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi 20 Feb 2026

Malawi’s solar boom is leaving a toxic legacy of lead waste

Charles Mpaka 20 Feb 2026
A white-backed vulture in Zimbabwe. Image by Chris Collyer/ Birdlife Zimbabwe.

Africa’s vulture safe zones face tough test across vast landscapes

Sean Mowbray 19 Feb 2026
At work in NatCarbon's spekboom nursery.

UN recognition is latest boost to restoring spekboom across South Africa’s semidesert Karoo

Joe Walsh 17 Feb 2026
A mud crab (Scylla serrata) Image by titi-uu via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

In Kenya’s Jomvu Creek, women help restore a vanishing coast through crab farming

Asha Bekidusa 11 Feb 2026
One of the specimens of Drepanogynis insciata photographed by Cameron Scott.

Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth

Ryan Truscott 11 Feb 2026
Tanoh Jallah, a resident of one of the towns in the IFC complaint, said all the good farmland was taken by Salala.

Community complaints in limbo as Socfin cuts ties with Earthworm Foundation

Ashoka Mukpo, Victoria Schneider 10 Feb 2026
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) in southern Namibia. Image courtesy of Alex Sliwa

Rodent burrows offer unusual sanctuary to Africa’s smallest wildcat

María de los Ángeles Orfila 9 Feb 2026

After intense flooding, Kruger National Park rushes to repair damage

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Feb 2026
Christine Lain surveys Upemba National Park.

Partnering up to run a DRC reserve: Interview with Forgotten Parks’ Christine Lain

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Feb 2026
Farmers on a 1.6-hectare (4-acre) plot of oranges, avocado, maize and vegetables in Kenya.

Earth Rover Program seeks to track the world’s soil health

John Cannon 21 Jan 2026
A Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus).

For two of the world’s most at-risk primates, threats abound and the future looks grim

Mino Rakotovao 20 Jan 2026
Loading a barge with iron ore from Simandou. Image by Paul Kagame via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Hopes and fears as Guinea exports iron ore from Simandou mines

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Jan 2026
Cathy Kuttle drive slowly through the Cape Town suburb of Noordhoek on a rainy winter evening.

Helping Cape Town’s toads cross the road: Interview with Andrew Turner

Barry Christianson 8 Jan 2026
An eastern chimpanzee in Uganda. Image by Nik Borrow via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds

Spoorthy Raman 7 Jan 2026
A forest elephant near Ngounié, Gabon. Image by marcusgmeiner via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Poaching down but threats remain for forest elephants, recent population assessment finds

Spoorthy Raman 5 Jan 2026
Myotis nimbaensis, shown here, is a new species of bat named for the mountain range in which it is found, the Nimba Mountains in West Africa. Photo © Kendra Snyder / Bat Conservation International.

Rare bats at risk as iron ore mine advances in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains

Victoria Schneider 30 Dec 2025
Banner image: A saffron crocus (Crocus sativus). Image by Nick Perla via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Striking ‘red gold’ with saffron farming in Algeria: Interview with Keltouma Adouane

Anna Weekes 29 Dec 2025
A woman working on a landscape restoration project in Abijata-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Ethiopian youth groups restore Rift valley lake & livelihoods

Solomon Yimer 22 Dec 2025
A bull elephant strolls past a fenced rural homestead in Namibia that is on high alert. Risk of confrontation between elephant and people is high if people don't know how to handle the situation safely. Image courtesy of Abi Best.

How Southern African farmers & elephants can both adapt to coexist

Ryan Truscott 19 Dec 2025
Ruyumbu Musango, head of law enforcement at Nyungwe National Park, with members of the park’s ranger detachment. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

A Thin Green Line: The 2,000-strong ranger force of African Parks

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Dec 2025
Planting trees in Rwanda's Nyabihu district. Image courtesy Serrah Galos / WRI.

‘My mother would not be happy with the state of the planet’: Interview with Wanjira Mathai

David Akana 11 Dec 2025
A herd of elephants crosses the M10 highway en route to the Zambezi River, Zambia.

Corridors, not culls, offer solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population

Ryan Truscott 11 Dec 2025

South Africa withdraws abalone listing even as illegal trade threatens species

Victoria Schneider 8 Dec 2025
A L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus Ihoesti) at Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

An Empire of Nature: African Parks and Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Dec 2025
The river survey team near the Zambian border. Image courtesy of Jen Guyton / TWP/NGOWP.

Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River

Ryan Truscott 3 Dec 2025

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