Tribal communities suffer when evicted in the name of conservation
The tribal communities are paying a brutal price for governments' agenda to boost safari, create protected areas and attract tourism
World Chimpanzee Day 2023: A species heading towards extinction?
Chimpanzees are seriously threatened by hunting and poaching activities, along with habitat destruction and degradation, disease risk and …
Lake Chad's forgotten crisis
Ecological degradation in the Chad Basin has triggered Africa's latest humanitarian crisis. It's time, the basin countries looked beyond the …
Pact of devastation
France has agreed to cancel part of the debt it is owed by Cameroon in return for the right to destroy the country's rainforests
African leopard sighting raises hopes for their conservation in southern Cameroon
Although the Congo Basin was previously thought to be a stronghold for leopards, they are now believed to be absent in many parts of this region
African Union’s peace and security architecture: Filling the gaps
The biggest change has been the shift away from the OAU’s so-called non-interference stance to the AU’s more interventionist approach
A losing battle to protect forest elephants in Central Africa
Unless urgent conservation action is taken, the world stands to lose this charismatic species
The imperatives of governing world’s forests
For the past eight years, leaders of public forest agencies from the world’s most forested countries have been taking part in a series of …
Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: Disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy
Thirteen of 43 crater lakes on Cameroon’s Volcanic Line are deep & large enough to contain lethal quantities
Antimicrobial resistance to cost global economy up to US $210 trillion
Countries like India which have high rates of malaria, HIV and tuberculosis likely to suffer more if they don't take immediate action to tackle …
For forest elephants in Central Africa, no place is safe from poaching
A recent study shows a 78-81 per cent decline in elephant population from the most protected area in Central Africa over a period of ten years
Lion hunting only makes sense if it's part of a package of interventions
New research from Zambia's Luangwa Valley identifies reforms needed for lion trophy hunting
Only 100 Cross River gorillas left in Nigeria
Revised regional action plan launched for the conservation of the species, listed by IUCN as critically endangered
Climate change fuelling conflict in Lake Chad Basin: Report
Shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather heightening tensions, says human rights group
WHO raises alarm over new cases of cross-border transmission of poliovirus from Pakistan
Additional travel restrictions may be placed on Pakistan if present recommendations are not implemented fully, says expert panel of global health …
How effective is the global polio eradication drive?
An optimistic note, about wiping out polio from the six afflicted countries, was to be sounded at a conference organised by the World Health …
Greasy step forward
Locust invasion
At farm's hand
CAMEROON
Dangerously beautiful
Landslide in Cameroon capital kills at least 30; ministers blame residents for construction in floodplain region
Dam in Mbangkolo burst after hours of heavy rainfall; locals say poor maintenance to blame
They won't chicken out