"Cheesy" solar charger kit empowers students in East Africa
Playful in its design and highly functional, SunMade Cheese features a charger for flashlights, lighters, radios...
Wild dogs return to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park
A small group of African wild dogs have returned to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, heralding a potential...
Some of the oldest and largest baobab trees are dying
A new survey of baobab trees throughout southern Africa has shown that most of the two dozen largest and oldest...
Nine African cities commit to reaching zero carbon by 2050
Nine cities across Africa, a continent vulnerable to climate change, are taking action. Recently, these cities...
New Ebola outbreak strikes the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The deadly virus Ebola has returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A new outbreak of Ebola stuck...
A company in Ghana is turning plastic bags into roads
Only two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
David Adjaye unveils designs for National Cathedral in Ghana
In celebration of Ghana’s 61st year of independence, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed designs for...
It "sounded like an explosion:" avalanche of trash kills 16 people in Mozambique
A devastating garbage landslide precipitated by heavy rainfall wounded six people and killed 16 in Maputo, Mozambique,...
Africa's first waste-to-energy plant to supply 30% of Addis Ababa's household electricity needs
Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa has had one landfill for around 50 years: the Koshe dump site. Serving over three...
Newly-discovered dinosaur species was as long as a school bus - and could help solve a mystery
Fossils in Africa from the Late Cretaceous time period - around 100 to 66 million years ago - are rare. Scientists...
Cape Town's water pipes could run dry by April
Cape Town in South Africa is battling its worst drought in a century - and the city's water supply is in trouble....
Brand new "mega-carnivore" dinosaur discovered in Africa
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of what may have been the largest predator to ever hunt on the African...
Study finds pollution is more deadly than war, natural disasters, and disease
Environmental pollution isn’t just inconvenient - it’s downright deadly. Every year, more people are killed...
Kenya’s Bird Nest is a breathtaking safari suite in the African wilderness
If we ever won the lottery, this breathtaking Bird Nest in Kenya is where we’d like to spend the night. The award-winning...
70-mile wide group of butterflies shows up on radar, confuses weather scientists
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a flock of migrating butterflies!” After spotting a colored mass...
