Kenya is in a race to track locusts to prevent a new plague from forming in East Africa and eating all the greenery they find in their wake. Hundreds of billions of locusts swarmed parts of East Africa and Asia in February, wreaking havoc for livestock farmers. It is feared the tiny invaders could return…
Disaster in paradise. Mangroves and coral reefs around Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, are under threat. More than one thousand tons of fuel have leaked into the Mahebourg Lagoon after a Japanese ship ran aground off the island in late July. The ship’s presence in the water has damaged precious coral reefs and could weaken…
A Ugandan silverback gorilla called Rafiki is one of countless animals that have fallen victim to poachers as the effects of coronavirus hit the east African country. At the start of June this year wildlife rangers noticed that Rafiki had disappeared. After a search they found his body. Rafiki had been killed by a poacher,…
Several districts of Niger’s capital Niamey were flooded on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused the Niger River to break its banks. Homes, rice fields and market gardens were destroyed. Almost all of Niamey’s one point five million inhabitants live on the banks of the river. “All of these people from the lowlands have taken refuge…