The West African nation of Cameroon is experiencing a steep drop in wild fish stocks. Local communities that depend on coastal fisheries say foreign vessels, many of them Chinese in origin, are illegally trawling...
In Africa, wildlife groups say rising ivory prices are accelerating the poaching of endangered elephants. The Kenya-based group Save the Elephants reports prices have nearly tripled in recent years driving a wave of poaching...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates about one-third of the food produced globally goes to waste, creating a massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions and needlessly squandering water, land, labor and energy resources....
Rural farmers in Cameroon are boosting returns on their investments by introducing agroforestry techniques to their agricultural practices. Agroforestry involves integrating tree crops into both farming and ranching systems. While farmers attest to higher...
Many African countries have experienced a generational shift away from farming, with younger people pursuing urban jobs, rather than staying on the farms of their parents or grandparents. Agricultural policy specialists are struggling to...
Human traffickers often target job seekers in underdeveloped countries willing to migrate for work and use force, fraud or coercion to hold victims in conditions of debt servitude or slavery. A common scheme is...
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The United States and France are urging other UN Security Council members to support a proposal to create and deploy a multinational counterinsurgency force to fight Boko Haram in West Africa. The proposal comes...
The so-called Islamic State released another video Tuesday, threatening to kill two Japanese hostages if they did not receive a $200 million ransom within 72 hours. The demand captured the attention of major Western...
Information about the Boko Haram attack on the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga and its surrounding villages is slowly seeping out, confirming reports issued last week of large-scale destruction. The death toll has been...
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