Critically-Endangered West African Lion Going from Strength to Strength in Niokolo Koba, Senegal
In a thrilling sign of recovery for the Critically-Endangered West African lion, camera trap footage and photos of a…
Tag: Africa
Choosing Ancienne Over Avantgard With a Journey Through the Dahar, Tunisia
In southeast Tunisia lies a landscape marriage between generations of subsistence human activity and the desert ecosystem; as artificial…
Date Palms Built the Modern Adventure Captial of the Tunisian Sahara
Tozeur, a city in the south of Tunisia is probably one of the most unique to be found anywhere…
More in Congress Want Oversight of Ukraine Aid: Nigeria Says They’re Ending Up with Sahel Terrorists
Earlier in the year, calls to unify the disparate efforts to arm and fund Ukraine led to the Ukraine…
Declaring the Killing of an Unnamed al-Shabaab Leader, the U.S. Briefly Highlights America’s Forgotten War
PICTURED: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Antony Blinken. Story at a glance… An important leader of al-Shabaab was…
African Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Ogiek People On Reparations and Land Rights in Kenya’s Forests
Story at a glance… An African human rights court ruled in favor of the Ogiek people of Kenya against…
Tiny Collections of Lichen and Microbes May Keep Half the World’s Dust From Blowing Away
If you go to a national park in one of America’s deserts, you may see signs on the hiking…
Rissani: The Little-Known City of Kings, Dates, and Caravans in the Moroccan Sahara
Go to a bus station in Fes after dark. Tell them you want to go to Rissani, and then…
Teenage Elephants Act Like Delinquents If There Are No Bull Males Around
PICTURED: Adolescent elephants bothering some hippos. PC: Connie Allen, Univ. of Exeter. Released. New research has found that the…
Glimpse Traditional Moroccan Life with These Three Non-Tourist Destinations
Story at a glance… As the most-visited African country, it can be hard to dodge the tourist traps in…
Literature and Character Pulls Africa and Europe Together in Tangier
The city of Paul Bowles; the city of Mohamed Choukri; and a city that has been used numerous times…
CIA Air Base in Niger Sahara Grows Larger — Another Drone War to Follow?
PICTURED: The base’s original footprint has doubled in size. Photo credit: Planet Labs. Published. First noticed by satellite imagery…
Troops to Leave Somalia Only to Remain in East Africa
STUTTGART, Germany. December 19th, 2020. President Trump’s desire to get all troops out of Somalia, as World at Large…
Trump Allegedly Wants Troops Out of Somalia — America’s Forgotten Terror Battleground
JOWHAR, Somalia. September 22nd, 2012. PICTURED: A Ugandan soldier of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on…
Conservation is Expensive: Rwanda and The Seychelles Show How to Make Green to Save Green
A new report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature finds conservation in Africa is in need…
Banning the Wildlife Trade Could be Good News for Certain Animals, and a Death Sentence for Millions of Humans
Kenya. January 2019. PICTURED: Black rhino in Masai Mara’s green season. Photo credit: Kandukuru Nagarjun. CC 2.0 After research…
A Few Tweaks to Ensure the Best of a Classic Ghanaian Itinerary to Cape Coast
PICTURED: The bustling fishing industry off the Atlantic coast of Cape Coast, Ghana. 2019 brought swathes of enthusiastic, warm-hearted…
House Democrats Move to Prevent the Removal of Any U.S. Troops From 53 African Countries
WASHINGTON D.C. March 4th, 2020. Early reports of a bill slated to be introduced in the House that would…
Renting a Car in Namibia – The Things I Wish I had Known
Sesriem, Namibia. December 2019. PICTURED: The gravel roads of Namibia curving southward past dramatic cliffs just outside of the…
Why Are China And Africa Building Giant Walls Of Trees?
Desertification – a phenomenon that for the longest time was associated with deserts, is actually much more to do…
