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Elephant society is dynamic and very complex. Image by O’Connell’s & Rodwell.

Male African elephants develop distinct personality traits as they age, study finds

Leocadia Bongben 25 Feb 2025
An African elephant calf in kruger National Park, South Africa.

Mongabay discusses the launch of Africa news bureau with director David Akana

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2023
A cheetah in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Mongabay launches Africa news bureau

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2023

Africa wants its climate money. Will rich countries pay?

Ashoka Mukpo 27 Sep 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Senegal's President Macky Sall on May 20, 2022.

As Europe eyes Africa’s gas reserves, environmentalists sound the alarm

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Aug 2022

Stamping out savanna fires doesn’t bolster carbon sink by much, study finds

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2022
A pastoralist’s cattle herd. Image courtesy of the Oakland Institute.

Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO

John Cannon 30 Nov 2021
Emanuel Balisa Akangi, hunting in the forest, Yangambi, DRC.near Yangambi, Tshopo Province, DRC. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

DRC environment minister panned for allegedly facilitating illegal concessions

Mongabay 19 Nov 2021

Tanzanian gold miners ten times more likely to die from road injuries, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Oct 2021
Kahuzi Biega National Park

Advocates raise alarm over proposal to reopen DRC forests to loggers

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Aug 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa 70% of the population lives from agriculture — and specifically rainfall agriculture.

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Saul Elbein 10 May 2021
Azura Quilalea

Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone

Ashoka Mukpo 26 Apr 2021

In Madagascar’s dry forests, COVID-19 sparks an intense, early fire season

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Jun 2020

Vervet monkeys thrive despite habitat loss in South Africa

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2019

Pangolin hunting skyrockets in Central Africa, driven by international trade

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2017

Wildlife Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan African Protected Areas: A Review of Best Practices

Taylor Robb-McCord 15 Jul 2016

Food coating made with African ingredient aims to decrease food waste

Lois Parshley 13 May 2015

Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the extra hurdle of climate change

Rachel Cernansky 21 Apr 2015

Unique center trains Tanzanian farmers to preserve their fruits and veggies

Rachel Cernansky 14 Apr 2015

New solutions aim to deliver more grain from farm to table in sub-Saharan Africa

Rachel Cernansky 13 Apr 2015

Combating food waste in sub-Saharan Africa

Rachel Cernansky 9 Apr 2015

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