Paradoxically, African Railroad Keeps Habitat Intact
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Normally, transportation routes through wilderness are frowned on by conservationists. But a newly restored railroad in Madagascar is persuading locals not to slash and burn the surrounding landscape.
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Armed poachers from Sudan have been raiding and destroying neighboring Central African Republic's wildlife resources for years. Now, with the help of a militant U.S. conservationist, the CAR populace is arming and training itself to fight back.
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The risk of being jolted by 1,500 volts of electricity hasn't scared them off. Neither have fears of falling off the speeding electric trains.
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Scientists have unveiled a new hi-tech weapon to help combat the illegal trade of ivory in Africa: a map. The map describes how the genetic profiles of African elephants vary across the continent, from the
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The story of an enslaved African royal who became a key figure in the abolitionist movement has remained largely obscure. But a new documentary has rediscovered it
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Violence in Kenya, one of its most stable nations, shows that the continent's old ills--poverty, corruption, tribalism--are far from cured
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Travel: Simon Reeve discovers one of the world's great train journeys in Madagascar
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Ghana's Lake Bosumtwi holds clues to Africa's climate past - and a massive space impact.
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ORANGE FARM, South Africa  - By sun-up, Valencia Mofokeng has her modest home in the ramshackle black township near Johannesburg humming like a well-oiled machine.
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Mayme Agnew Claytonâs collection of artifacts devoted to the history of African-Americans is close to finding a home.
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PARIS, Sep 25 (IPS) - While its economic landscape is brightening, Africa  is still bedeviled by some of the same obstacles that has  historically served to undermine economic development in the  resource and labour-rich region. And many of those woes could be  solved through development of further intraregional trade.
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Wild monkeys and Buddhist shrines outnumber any signs of industry, and rampaging elephants are not uncommon. The closest port lies seven hours away, down a rutted road.
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The substitution of mammoth ivory for elephant ivory presents an unusual example of how conservation of one limited resource could  lead to the uncontrolled, and perhaps catastrophic, exploitation of another.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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Two deadly railroad accidents in the last month have sparked debate about government efforts to secure the nation's rail system and ensure that such accidents do not provide new opportunities for terrorists.
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An airline success story in an otherwise grim industry tries to keep its inner quirk.
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Contractors get a boost from a major west African project.