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In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike
Gael Zozoro
9 May 2025
Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River
Mariam Sanogo
8 May 2025
In Cameroon’s forgotten forests, gorillas and chimps hang on
Spoorthy Raman
7 May 2025
Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops
Gael Zozoro
28 Apr 2025
In West Africa, hooded vultures vanish as abattoirs modernize
Ryan Truscott
24 Apr 2025
Africa’s growing cities are endangering birdlife (commentary)
Bello Adamu Danmallam
16 Apr 2025
An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade
Spoorthy Raman
2 Apr 2025
How a young beekeeper’s initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities
Sonam Lama Hyolmo
31 Mar 2025
USAID funding cuts jeopardize creation of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area
Victoria Schneider
13 Mar 2025
When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language
Ryan Truscott
11 Mar 2025
Breast milk contamination exposes Africa’s ‘forever chemicals’ problem
Malavika Vyawahare
10 Mar 2025
Women in Ghana plant ‘diversion’ trees to protect shea trees and their livelihoods
Sonam Lama Hyolmo
8 Mar 2025
Liberia to start industrial shrimp fishing, worrying artisanal fishers
Edward Blamo
5 Mar 2025
Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems
Ruth Kamnitzer
28 Feb 2025
‘Some people will die’: Conversations with Nigeria’s gorilla hunters
Orji Sunday
27 Feb 2025
Seeds of 19 African tree species added to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Anne Nzouankeu
25 Feb 2025
How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia
Louise Hunt
18 Feb 2025
Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food
Charles Mpaka
3 Feb 2025
No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia
Victoria Schneider
3 Feb 2025
Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
Ini Ekott
30 Jan 2025
To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study
Gilbert Nakweya
29 Jan 2025
New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
Malavika Vyawahare
21 Jan 2025
Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta
Aimee Gabay
16 Jan 2025
World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South
Simrin Sirur (with Orji Sunday and Karla Mendes)
13 Jan 2025
‘Uncertainty’ amid EUDR delay poses challenges for cocoa companies, farmers
John Cannon
27 Dec 2024
How the Sahel junta is responding to climate change amid political isolation
Robert Bociaga
27 Dec 2024
Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine
Ryan Truscott
27 Dec 2024
‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks
Edward Carver
16 Dec 2024
Study looks for success factors in African projects that heal land and help people
Ruth Kamnitzer
13 Dec 2024
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Caleb Ahinakwah
5 Dec 2024
How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau
Ruth Kamnitzer
27 Nov 2024
A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming
Morgan Erickson-Davis
21 Nov 2024
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