and the largest teak plantations in Africa have almost vanished," said Stephen Ling, Lead Environment Specialist, World Bank."And even though the floodplain fisheries are relatively robust to ...

Large wildlife has declined around 90 percent across the country, following the proliferation of automatic weapons since the 1980s and high prices of ivory and rhino horn, and the largest teak ...

and the largest teak plantations in Africa have almost vanished,” he said The World Bank said the forestry sector in South Sudan covers around 30 percent of the national land area, and they have ...

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

Russian forces sharply increased combat activity in eastern Ukraine on Saturday and the main attacks were concentrated near ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

The escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening on Saturday, with the DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a ...

Meanwhile, South Africa says at least 14 of its troops in DR Congo have been killed in the conflict. Also in this edition: Africans aren't optimistic about the difference their leaders are making.

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...