A new coffee table book features stunning black-and-white lion pictures guaranteed to take your breath away. The images in the tome, which is simply titled Lions, were taken by French photographer Laurent Baheux over 17 years during odysseys across Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. The lion, he says, is an animal that he … Read more
Tiger King on Netflix has been stealing all the headlines, with its crazed tales of ‘big cat’ owners in the States. It highlighted the startling statistic that there are more big cats in private ownership in the US than in the wild. It was against this backdrop that I set out on safari to see … Read more
A conservationist has undertaken one of ‘history’s biggest habitat recovery projects’ and moved 24 lions from five locations across South Africa to a new home hundreds of miles away. Ivan Carter and his team transported the animals by plane and truck to the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique, an area which has been without the predators for … Read more
Scientists have made a shocking discovery – the Earth’s magnetic field is weakening. The magnetic field is vital for life on our planet, as it shields us from cosmic radiation and charged particles emitted from the sun. A large region of reduced magnetic intensity has been observed between Africa and South America, called the South … Read more
Facebook building a 23,000-mile-long undersea cable to bring high speed internet to 23 poorly served countries in Africa and the Middle East The social media giant aims to increase internet access in Africa with new cable The 23,000-mile cable will circle the continent and triple its network capacity It will reportedly cost $1billion, though Facebook … Read more
Africa’s young and fit population will help the continent avoid an enormous death toll from COVID-19, according to figures from the World Health Organization. Analysis from the UN’s international public health body predicts more than a quarter of a billion Africans will contract the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within a year. It claims that the COVID-19 death toll will … Read more
A group of intelligent dogs have been trained to protect South Africa‘s wildlife – and have already saved 45 rhinos from being poached. Every breed of dog from beagle to bloodhound have been used to protect the endangered species from poachers. The dogs begin training from birth and learn how to handle all the pressures … Read more
Algy Cluff remains ‘optimistic’ about future for oil as demand slumps to lowest levels for 25 years By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 Veteran oil prospector Algy Cluff is determined to remain ‘optimistic’ about the future for oil as demand slumps … Read more
Pineapple sales soar 900% in South Africa as drinkers use it to create home-brew amid coronavirus alcohol ban Bars and off-licences have been closed since March because of the pandemic A traditional recipe for pineapple beer has spread rapidly online in South Africa Daily sales of pineapples in Johannesburg have surged from 10,000 to 100,000 … Read more
Africa suffers 40 per cent rise in cases and deaths in past 10 days amid worrying signs coronavirus is set to take off across the continent Number of cases in Africa has risen to 30,000 and there have been 1,374 deaths WHO has warned of 10 million cases on the continent within three to six … Read more