T he United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 26 new sites to the World Heritage ...

A refuge for the Western chimpanzee, pygmy hippopotamus and many other globally threatened species, Gola-Tiwai represents one ...

The birth of one of Africa's shyest animals has been caught on CCTV cameras at Chester Zoo. Nicknamed the 'African unicorn' ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar from the list of World Heritage in ...

1The Rainforest Alliance’s 2024 Annual Report shines a spotlight on the transformative power of regenerative agriculture in West and Central Africa, where rural communities are not only adapting ...

UNESCO removes Rainforests of Atsinanana, Abu Mena, & Old Town of Ghadamès from its World Heritage in Danger list after ...

The sites taken off the danger list are the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar, Abu Mena in Egypt, and the Old Town ...

New Delhi, The World Heritage Committee has removed three African heritage sites in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya from UNESCO’s ...

In the heart of Africa's most remote rainforest lies Dzanga Bai, a forest clearing where shy, elusive elephants gather in astonishing numbers. It is a place so wild and untouched, it's been called the ...

In recent years, UNESCO has made considerable and targeted efforts to support its African Member States. Since 2021, three sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Senegal have also been ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the ...