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Ma Roche’s Campsite: A Backpacker’s Paradise

It is not exactly the most luxurious or comfortable accommodation. As Ma Roche...

SILENT SPRING African Edition

Author: Rachel Carson Publisher: East African Educational Publishers and Friends of the Book Foundation,...

Shona sculpture: Hewing Beautiful Messages Out of Stone

Zimbabwe is experiencing a surge of creativity in stone. In the past...

Forest Plunder Shifts to Central Africa

Does history really repeat itself? In a little more than four decades,...

A Giant Rescue Operation in Amboseli

In January at Amboseli Game Reserve, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and...

Spreading Wings Across The African Continent

The Conservation Corporation Africa (CCA), founded in 1990 to develop exclusive ecotourism...

A Decade of Peace Gives Uganda A Chance to Revive Gorilla Tourism

More than a century ago, southwestern Uganda's species-rich Bwindi Forest, home to...

Moving The Giants: The Translocation of Elephants and Rhinos by KWS

The African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) has forced itself into global attention, becoming...

The Swallow Roosts of Southeast Nigeria

A recent survey coordinated by WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature and Pro-...

New Policy to Boost Tanzania Tourism

Under a Tourism Master Plan aimed at establishing a low-volume, high-cost industry...

Uganda’s Boy King

When a three-and-a-half-year-old boy ascended the royal dais last year to become...

Uganda Creates Park to Protect Mountain Gorillas

When it became apparent that the most accessible mountain gorillas are found...

Old Ways to the Future: A Festival of Living Traditions

The Environment Liaison Centre International (ELCI) will soon host an event to...

Conservation in Africa: Survival Of The Fittest

These are difficult times for the conservation movement. Many organisations are finding...

Sebastian: The Fun-Loving and Friendly Chimpanzee Dies

Sebastian, the 40-year-old Chimpanzee who for three generations delighted many visitors to...

Uganda Set For an Investment Boom

After more than two decades of civil and near economic collapse, Uganda...

Africa’s Famous Railway Marks Centenary

On May 30, the Uganda Railway celebrated its 100th birthday, a very...

Cleaning Tourist Litter on Mount Kenya

Efforts to rid Mount Kenya of litter left behind by more than...

Kenya Wildlife Service Revises National Park Entry Fees

The Kenya Wildlife Service increased park entry fees for all game parks...

MIGHTY MAXINE

On 4 August 1995 a large, spotted, female ragged-tooth shark, or 'raggie',...

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