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In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike

Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River

In Cameroon’s forgotten forests, gorillas and chimps hang on

Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops

In West Africa, hooded vultures vanish as abattoirs modernize

Africa’s growing cities are endangering birdlife (commentary)

An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade

How a young beekeeper’s initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

USAID funding cuts jeopardize creation of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area

When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language

Breast milk contamination exposes Africa’s ‘forever chemicals’ problem

Women in Ghana plant ‘diversion’ trees to protect shea trees and their livelihoods

Liberia to start industrial shrimp fishing, worrying artisanal fishers

Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems

‘Some people will die’: Conversations with Nigeria’s gorilla hunters

Seeds of 19 African tree species added to Svalbard Global Seed Vault

How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia

Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food

No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia

Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots

To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study

New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin

Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta

World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South

‘Uncertainty’ amid EUDR delay poses challenges for cocoa companies, farmers

How the Sahel junta is responding to climate change amid political isolation

Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine

‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks

Study looks for success factors in African projects that heal land and help people

Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana

How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau

A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming

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