Researchers in Tanzania have unveiled a previously unknown species of gigantic tree, Tessmannia princeps, towering over the ...

Spearheaded by artist and University of Cincinnati professor Mark Harris, The Enduring Impact of the African Plant Diaspora is an immersive experience featuring 30 to 35 paintings, literature, and ...

While local ownership is growing, Black entrepreneurs remain rare in the billion-dollar safari industry. These trailblazers ...

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

Urban forests create employment, provide quality space for recreation and tourism and strengthen city neighbourhoods’ ...

We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...

By Simon Marks For two years, Hisham Salih Yagoub has fielded calls from frantic drivers across wartorn Sudan asking him to pay thousands of dollars to the genocidal paramilitary group that has torn ...

THE ESSENTIALS Selinda Reserve, Botswana. Rooms from $1760 a person a night and include light-plane transfers, game drives, ...

After it’s sorted in warehouses in Port Sudan, Yagoub’s gum arabic is sent to clients in Europe and the US. Gum arabic, a ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

This is my first and only night camping in the depths of the Kruger. But for my fellow campmates, this is just part of the ...

Global trade in gum arabic centres on the African nation – and proceeds bankroll conflict between the army and paramilitary ...