The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country’s Global Biodiversity Index does not correlate with the extent of its legislation that addresses the trade in wildlife. The…

Research done with the help of citizen science shows male humpback completed almost twice the typical migration distance

Pattni featured heavily in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation, which looked at gold smuggling in Southern Africa.

The world of custom motorcycles is almost infinite. If you can dream it, you can likely build it. From Suzuki Hayabusa-swapped everythings, custom choppers, kitted-out sportbikes to emulate race bikes, enduro-spec dirt bikes, and tourers to take on the spine of Africa, there's no limit to what you can turn an…

Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for baobab products has surged in recent years, driven by the fruit’s nutritional and health benefits.

Resurgence of poetry culture among west African youth amid political instability, economic insecurity and jihadist threat

African countries collectively have emitted very little of the greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, but are badly affected by climate-induced floods, droughts and heatwaves. To withstand some of the most devastating extreme weather events, African countries need to adapt fast. Setting up advanced climate information services that predict…

President Biden's 3 million pledge for trans-Africa rail project to counter China's influence and advance U.S. foreign policy.

Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone, and solar panel manufacturing in India