As a student, I was often intrigued by open-ended examination questions such as "No Nile, No Egypt. Discuss." Such questions demanded analytical reasoning grounded in historical facts. That early ...

In Kenya's Maasai Mara, local people say a new luxury safari hotel is threatening the ecosystem - and the livelihoods of those for whom tourism was supposed to bring opportunity.

President Touadera’s decision to stand for a third term has drawn criticism from opposition groups and civil society.

In recent years, more people around the world have begun to encounter images of Congo’s suffering on their phones: a child emerging from a cobalt mine, a ...

Some 5,000 people were displaced by the rise in Lake Naivasha’s levels this year. Some scientists attribute the higher levels to increased rains caused by climate change, although there may be other ...

Hampton, Virginia, is experimenting with things like rain gardens, marsh restoration, and oyster-seeded artificial reefs.

A frica is gradually splitting in two. As with most geological processes, it unfolds at a glacial pace over millions of years ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

The Radar Property spans 24,175 hectares and hosts the entire Dykes River intrusive complex (~160 km²), a unique position ...

Look beyond the world's usual city break destinations and uncover a collection of underrated, under-the-radar cities that ...

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, ...

Instead of billion-dollar floodwalls and surge barriers, Hampton, Virginia, is relying on rain gardens, plant-lined storage ...