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Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the pathogen ...

The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some are deemed sacred.

Mangrove forests still line most of Guinea-Bissau’s fringing shoreline along West Africa’s Atlantic coast, a protective green halo along the many bays and estuaries. Uniquely evolved for the ...

Senegal’s coastline boasts some of Africa’s best surfing spots and abundant marine life. For a glimpse of the country’s biodiversity, head to the UNESCO-listed Saloum Delta, a stunning expanse of ...

It’s going to be a road with the biggest economic corridor in Africa and will stimulate economic ... the road’s 700-km route. They include mangrove forests that serve as breeding ground ...

There was a time when you could see wild Tigers all over Asia, but now they are driven back into only 13 countries, with some projects in places like Africa to re-introduce ... originating from swamps ...

Image by Simoneemanphotography via depositphotos The colorful, Lilac-breasted Roller is native to Africa. However ... They are social, moving in large flocks in lagoons and mangrove swamps. The Red ...

The unique landscape brings together forest and marine life in the form of a mangrove swamp stretching from the coast of Pará to that of the neighboring Maranhão—a staggering 679 kilometers ...

One of the largest remaining tangles of undisturbed mangrove swamp on the island of Palm Beach was sold to billionaire Thomas Peterffy last year by a branch of the Audubon Society. The $1.3 ...