A French court jailed Roger Lumbala for crimes against humanity, addressing abuses from Congo’s war more than 20 years ago.

Tension between farmers and herders has long been a fact of life in West Africa, but climate change is ramping it up ...

This January, lightning struck and killed a 103-year-old grandmother while she was simply handling utensils in her kitchen ...

John Naughton is the head of sub-delegation for the ICRC in the Darfur region of Sudan. Born in Sheffield in the UK, he has ...

I was in Khartoum when the conflict started. Armed soldiers of Arabs came to our house and they wanted to loot groundnuts, but my mother resisted opening the ...

The greening of the Thar Desert, driven by a dramatic rise in rainfall and human interventions like canals, is not only ...

The Maasai are being pushed aside for luxury safaris and carbon-credit deals that promise to save the planet, but threaten to ...

Elephants are considered a sacred totem by many in northwestern Zimbabwe, but they also frequently raid villagers’ crops near ...

Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala has been sentenced in France to 30 years in prison for atrocities committed during ...

If you’ve gone on an African safari, chances are you’ve heard of the Big Five, the must-see list of iconic megafauna. The term, coined in the late 1800s during Africa’s colonial period, refers to what ...

These playful birds with different personalities cleverly steal stones from others' nests, carefully assessing a situation and adjusting their behavior accordingly.

Nature doesn’t just surprise us; it prototypes ideas we’d swear came from a movie. Some animal skills look like planned ...