When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle ...

This much is evident in the other elephants that have taken up residence in Nigeria’s palatial sitting room in recent times. Namely, the protracted legal tussle over the Mambilla Hydro-electric ...

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign aid, as groups large and small scramble to fill sudden funding ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans.

Mt Kilimanjaro, the Rwenzori Mountains and Mt Kenya are Africa’s three highest points. Here’s how to stand atop the world’s wildest land.

Uganda is battling its eighth outbreak of Ebola - a highly infectious disease with a fatality rate of over 40%.

Bonobos are similar to chimpanzees but can be recognized by their longer limbs, pinker lips, darker faces, and a tuft of hair ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

According to a sangoma, the spirits of the 14 killed SANDF soldiers must be brought back to South Africa or else there will ...

The African fish eagle is the national animal of Zambia and symbolises the country's hope for the future and its conquest of ...

The pope made his appeal for peace himself and read his prepared greetings to Italian visitors as well as the short summary ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...