Supertrees: Meet Congo’s caretaker of the forest
YANGAMBI RESEARCH STATION, Democratic Republic of Congo — A pair of 70 horsepower outboard motors cut the river journey westward,…
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Zimbabwe’s Shashe agroecology village: an inspiration for emancipatory rural initiatives
Farmers of Shashe, a village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, are becoming an African inspiration for agroecology and emancipation. Shashe was…
Cameroonian couturier Imane Ayissi refuses to use wax prints dismissing it as “colonial”
Imane Ayissi is the first sub-Saharan designer to show in the élite Paris haute couture week. Not only is he…
Chilima calls for new Malawai Electoral Commission: Ansah, others should be shoveled into hall of shame
UTM Party president and Vice President of Malawi, Saulos Chilima, has demanded that all commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission…
Why Ethiopia is in deep trouble, and how it got here
Ethiopia has seen dramatic transformation and change over the past century. Two of the biggest changes were the victory in…
“Unprecedented” Locust Invasion Approaches Full-Blown Crisis
Locust swarms of biblical proportions are threatening crops across a wide swath of Africa and southwest Asia—spurring alarm among top…