Eyes in the sky don’t lie. Satellite pictures show that the African environment is under tremendous stress. According to an atlas prepared by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), Africa’s forest resources are fast depleting and the...
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The lush green dense tropical rain forests spread across Africa, Asia and South America may soon be lost from the face of the green planet if ways are not implemented to stop indiscriminate felling. According to the latest data available from the Food...
Starving souls glare with empty eyes as their will slowly wilts under the continuous glare of the sun & more so with the lack of any imminent hope. They wait for a knight in shining armor to come show them the way in to pastures more green, quite...
So far it were humans facing the heat of the illegitimate war forced on them by war mongers in Congo, it is now turn for innocent animals to suffer from the same, as guerillas capture gorilla territories. Is it the beginning of a war against the...
Ethiopian authorities have come up with cruel plans to kill thousands of stray dogs ahead of the Coptic millennium celebrations next week. They are to be fed meat laced with strychnine, a cheap and powerful poison often used to kill rats that causes a...
Africans are struggling with flooding. Be it the horn of Africa or the Sahel or the Savanna or the Velds, the entire African landscape is inundated.
Floods have brought life to a standstill in Africa. From Sudan to South Africa, from west to...
A strong earthquake hit east Africa few hours ago followed by another big one, even as Saturday saw a 5.2 magnitude tremor rock the African nation.
Kenya and Tanzania are particularly vulnerable to the earth fury because of their seismic...
Warning for people who often make racial comments! Next time think thousand times before you do it, as it is now a proven fact that by using racial comments you are actually abusing your own self. A recent experiment on thousands of skulls finally led...
Four people were killed in Sudan at a dam construction site when police fired on them. The incident broke out when members of the minority Nubian community clashed with police to stop any further actions at dam construction on the River Nile.
The...
The first aerial survey of southern Sudan in 25 years has revealed vast migrating herds, rivaling those of the Serengeti plains that have managed to survive 25 years of civil war.
A herd of white-eared kob antelope run along the Kangen River in...
Global warming will pose a serious threat to Africa. The land full of water potential will feel the heat and it is reported that more than 20 African countries are expected to experience water scarcity over the next 20 to 30 years.
The report was...
Lake Victoria at 68,800 square kilometres is Africa’s largest lake and the largest tropical lake in the world. It is the habitat for catfish, lungfish, and multitudes of tiny silver dagaa, or silver cyprinids. However, the Nile perch, an invasive...
Shockingly but true, Victoria, the largest tropical lake and the second largest fresh water lake in the world, is losing its sheen with the receding waters. The water level has depleted at least six feet in the past three years.
The lakes outflow...
The already struggling poorest countries of the world are being threatened of their developments by droughts, floods, changing rain patterns and rising sea levels. Experts and aid workers at an international water forum said this on Monday.
Africa...
The gentle "hippie chimp" are known for resolving squabbles through sex rather than violence. The bonobo are disappearing dramatically and scientists are struggling hard to save these.
Their tasty meat is the enemy of their lives. And many villagers...
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