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Across Africa: Real estate scams on the rise in Ivory Coast

This week in Across Africa: In Ivory Coast, a severe housing shortage has fuelled demand for land, creating opportunities for fraudsters selling fake properties and non-existent plots. Also, Kenya's women are changing the game. From the track to the boxing ring, female athletes are delivering some of the country’s biggest…

France 24 · Oct 29

Sambhar Lake Bird Deaths: What Investigators Found About Avian Botulism

Sambhar Lake sits in the Thar Desert about 80 kilometres southwest of Jaipur, and for migratory waterbirds it has been a reliable stopover for centuries. In November 2019, that changed. Within days, carcasses of flamingos, northern pintails, common teals, and ruddy shelducks began washing ashore in numbers that alarmed forest…

Times Life · Oct 27

Giant Tortoises Now Outnumber The Entire Human Population Of This Nation By A Mind-Boggling Margin

Imagine an island where giant tortoises outnumber the humans living in the entire country. This is the reality for one island off the coast of East Africa.

Bored Panda · Oct 9

Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

It must be tough being a judge on the world’s most prestigious environmental prize: imagine having to choose between an ingenious machine that removes microplastics from a river in Europe, or a company in East Africa that sells clean cookstoves through affordable weekly instalments.

The Conversation · Sep 16

IndiGo launches daily direct flights from Mumbai to Dar es Salaam from November 20

IndiGo will begin daily direct flights connecting Mumbai and Dar es Salaam starting November 20. This new route establishes IndiGo as the sole Indian airline offering direct flights to this Tanzanian city. The service aims to bolster trade and economic ties between India and East Africa. Flights will depart Mumbai…

The Economic Times · Sep 10

Refinery rivalry: billion-dollar oil projects expose East Africa’s long-running regional tensions

East Africa, a region that has been working to deepen economic integration for more than 25 years, has a history of disagreements about the location of energy infrastructure. Uganda discovered oil in 2006 with the potential to pump an estimated 210,000 to 230,000 barrels of oil per day at peak…

The Conversation · Aug 24

Sivatherium: The Prehistoric Giant Giraffid That Roamed India Before Humans Hunted It to Extinction

What Sivatherium Actually WasSivatherium giganteum stood roughly two metres at the shoulder and is estimated to have weighed between 1,200 and 1,250 kilograms, making it the largest giraffid known to science. For scale, a modern giraffe averages around 800 kilograms. Sivatherium carried four ossicones on its skull: two large, palmate…

Times Life · Aug 24

Search continues after deadly mine collapse on Cameroon-Central African Republic border

In tonight’s edition: a deadly landslide at a gold mine in the Central African Republic leaves dozens dead, with victims from Cameroon and Chad. Meanwhile, Ethiopia is turning to Bordeaux expertise and grapevines in a bid to become East Africa’s next wine destination. Finally, Belgium continues to confront its colonial…

France 24 · Aug 21

Lesser vs Greater Flamingo: Why India's Sewage Ponds Have Become a Pink Sanctuary

Two birds, one glance, and where the differences actually areStand at the edge of Thane Creek on a winter morning and you will see tens of thousands of flamingos turning the water pink. What you almost certainly won't do, without a field guide and some patience, is correctly sort them…

Times Life · Aug 5

Ugandan military honours Netanyahu’s brother with Entebbe memorial statue

Uganda’s military has unveiled a monument to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother, who was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the East African country in 1976.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 4