Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of ...

Across Africa, about 16 million women depend on ... acacia seedlings and support the replanting of them once existing acacia trees have been cut down. An assessment of tangible impact is being ...

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

Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, ...

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 ...

Rolling up to the entrance of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Northern Tanzania, Festo, our knowledgeable guide/driver ...

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 ...

When many people think of Africa, their minds turn to rolling golden savannas dotted with acacia trees—a vast, seemingly endless grassland spanned by wild herds of herbivores and the predators that ...

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 ...

In Africa - the continent that contributes the ... and more sand migrates into town. And with shorter acacia trees submerged in sand, some herders resort to cutting down date palm trees to feed ...