Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

Experts share their knowledge on lion conservation in a new book Pieter Kat The African lion is one of the most iconic species in the world. Just look at all the lions in art, as statues, on logos, on ...

Where is Africa heading? The question has occupied Jakkie Cilliers for years. He is the founder and chairman of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a research and analysis centre in Pretoria ...

How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier by Joe Studwell. Atlantic Monthly Press, 435 pages.

In this article, we will take a look at the 10 countries with the youngest population in Africa. Before moving on to the list, we will discuss the broader population trends across the continent and ...

The fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened in Geneva on Tuesday with calls ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid population growth in some of Africa's poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the ...

South Africa’s population has now exceeded 63 million, according to the latest mid-year population estimates for 2024. The country’s population grew by approximately 835,513 individuals, marking a ...

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Africa’s elephant population has ...