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Mariano Cenamo. Photo by Renato Stockler / Folha Press

Mariano Cenamo, advocate for a sustainable Amazon bioeconomy, has died, aged 46

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Aug 2026
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. Photo courtesy of The Habari Network.

Environmental activists in Kenya concerned over billionaire’s planned oil refinery

Amina Chombo 5 Aug 2026
Harvesting sorghum in Sudan in 2011. Image by Africa Renewal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Global hunger levels fall but Africa still lags behind, UN report finds

Charles Mpaka 4 Aug 2026
A worker disinfects himself at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, DRC. Image by Prosper Heri Ngorora.

Ebola responders persevere in the DRC as Uganda nears end of outbreak

Elodie Toto 3 Aug 2026
A view of Kariba Dam. Image by JonTG via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Climate shocks hit hydropower in Southern Africa, reviving interest in coal

Chisapi Kumbutso 31 Jul 2026
Baraka Moruri plays with an avocado tree at their home in Nairobi. Photo by Lawrine Moruri.

Kenyan teen leads charge on tree planting and climate awareness

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026
Blackchin guitarfish at a landing sight in Ghana. Image courtesy of the Whitley Foundation.

One scientist’s mission to save Ghana’s disappearing guitarfish

Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 24 Jul 2026

In southern India, beekeeping helps Indigenous women earn more

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2026
Grist / Getty Images / Dionne Phillips.

Indigenous advocates push for rights protections around AI data centers

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2026
Drone capturing a raptor in flight over the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How Brazil’s federal fiscal policy hinders Amazon Rainforest conservation (commentary)

João Gabriel de Araujo Oliveira 15 Jul 2026
The Matarbari coal power plant and deep seaport.

Fossil fuel-based mega projects displace locals in Bangladesh, pushing youth out

Eyamin Sajid 13 Jul 2026
Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), Nzérékoré, Guinea. Image by augustofaustino via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Leaked study warns of irreversible damage from iron ore mine in Guinea UNESCO site

Josef Skrdlik, Oliver Dunn 24 Jun 2026
Rain over the Amazon. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

South America’s farms depend, in part, on a healthy Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2026
A mangrove-rich coastal landscape in Tanzania. Protecting and restoring mangrove ecosystems is a cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts across East Africa. Photo courtesy of Mwambao Coastal Community Network.

Africa’s community-led marine organizations on which 30×30 depends

David Akana 17 Jun 2026

Destructive ‘wrong stories’ drive environmental exploitation, Indigenous scholar says

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2026
Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex), Murchison Falls NP, Uganda. Image by Kyla Marino via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report

Victoria Schneider 12 Jun 2026

Indonesia’s grassroots farmers face increased unpredictability, experts say

Naina Rao 10 Jun 2026
Some of the more than 4,000 fishers who make their living in the waterways of Elephant Marsh. Image by Charles Mpaka for Mongabay.

Malawi’s Elephant Marsh: The challenge of protecting a wetland that sustains thousands

Charles Mpaka 8 Jun 2026
The Imbabala mine was abandoned and toxic waste formed a giant pool on the surface, creating dangerous living conditions for the Ermelo community living in the vicinity. Image courtesy of Daylin Paul/Centre for Environmental Rights (CER).

South Africa’s move away from coal marred by legacy of abandoned mines: Report

Anna Weekes 8 Jun 2026
A family of chimpanzees at the Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center, located in South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Image courtesy of Itsaso Vélez del Burgo Guinea/ Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center.

Confinement and disinfected bedding: An ape sanctuary in DRC responds to Ebola

Yannick Kenné, Aimable Twahirwa 4 Jun 2026
Health workers accompany a child suspected of having Ebola at the disease treatment center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on September 9, 2018. For representation only. Image by Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press.

‘People kept dying’: Interview with Dr. Macky Mbavugha on DRC’s latest Ebola outbreak

Elodie Toto 29 May 2026
A miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023. Image by Electronics Watch via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

‘Corporate capture’ of critical minerals risks repeating DRC’s extractive past, warns indigenous leader

David Akana 22 May 2026
The Mill Creek coal-fired power plant in the U.S. state of Kentucky is owned and operated by Louisville Gas & Electric. Image by Willian Alden via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

World burned less coal in 2025, but built more plants over energy uncertainty

Ashoka Mukpo 21 May 2026
A mudskipper with turquoise spots, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Egyptian teens use robots for ‘smarter and more responsive’ way to protect Earth

Victoria Schneider 14 May 2026
Kenyan President William Ruto speaks during an event at the recently-concluded Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. Image courtesy of the Presidency of Kenya.

Kenya’s Ruto rejects “raw mineral export” future for Africa

David Akana 13 May 2026
Fredrick Njoroge Kariuki, left, and Miron Onsarigo, the Hewa Safi innovators. Image courtesy of Lemmuel Agina/The Earth Foundation.

Teen innovators in Kenya turn farm waste into award-winning vehicle exhaust filter

Malavika Vyawahare, Mary Mwendwa 12 May 2026
Indigenous communities face changes to their ways of life due to the presence of illegal economies. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Crime affects 32% of Amazon Indigenous areas, says study

Yvette Sierra Praeli 11 May 2026
Solar panels being installed on a roof of a house in Lagos, Nigeria. Image by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo.

New report questions Africa’s oil and gas promise

David Akana 8 May 2026
Small-scale miners in Shinyanga District Council, panning soil believed to contain gold. Image courtesy of Shaaban Njia.

Tanzania cracks down on mining sector, aims for inclusivity and sustainability

Nkwimba Nkwimba 7 May 2026
Fabrice Basile, chargé d’affaires at the European Union Delegation in Kinshasa. Image by David Akana/Mongabay.

‘True success’ is a DRC that no longer needs outside help: Interview with EU envoy Fabrice Basile

David Akana 29 Apr 2026
The Nkhundye biogas plant under construction. Image courtesy of NACRO.

A village biogas project tests Zambia’s push to improve rural energy access

Sokosi Silvester Banda 29 Apr 2026
A sign marking the boundary of the Atlantic Lithium mine entering Ewoyaa village. Image by Maxine Betteridge-Moes for Mongabay.

As Ghana eyes lithium future, affected communities face uncertainty

Maxine Betteridge-Moes 29 Apr 2026

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