Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

REIGNING Premier League champions Young Africans SC (Yanga) will take on JKT Tanzania today, aiming to extend their dominance ...

IN a world where the delicate balance between development and conservation is increasingly under threat, the role of organisations dedicated to protecting biodiversity and cultural heritage has never ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

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 ...