Africa

The Great Green Wall is designed to be a band of trees the length of the Sahel. We look at how the project is faring in Burkino Faso

In Mogadishu, the troubled capital of Somalia, tentative moves towards economic regrowth are evident, but the future remains far from certain

Rewilding has the power to safeguard species and restore lost ecosystems, but getting it right isn't always a walk in the park

The small-scale fishers that feed coastal communities worldwide face mounting threats, from disputed waters to climate change

Along Cameroon's coastline, a battle for once-rich waters is taking place, pitting artisanal fishers against huge industrial trawlers

Zip zap circus in South Africa is one of a growing number of 'social circuses' that is transforming the lives of marginalised youths

Kit Gillet reviews the new book by Dipo Faloyin, Africa is Not a Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa, published by Harvill Secker

The development of community trekking promises a blessed future for the people in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

ByTim MarshallMay 13, 2020

Tim Marshall investigates how the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is creating tension between Ethiopia and Egypt.

Modern Arica now has a solid middle class, coinciding with more aid for development and an end of the wars that had dogged the continent

The commonly held view of Lake Victoria in East Africa as being the source of the Nile isn’t quite as clear cut as many would believe

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