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The Coca-Cola System in Africa unveils Water Stewardship Initiative

The Coca-Cola System in Africa unveils Water Stewardship Initiative

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A bird perches on an elephant as it walks at the Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya,4 April 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Conservationists ask Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

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Communities urged to help fight rhino poaching

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Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

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Working out what's fair in conservation in sub-Saharan Africa

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Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

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Zanzibar Red Colobus, endemic to Tanzania. Image by by Hasin Shakur, GFDL 1.2,

The fate of unique species in Tanzania's coastal forests hangs in the balance

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Empowering Africa's women-led entrepreneurial business ecosystem

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Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

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#DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

#DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

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2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners announced

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Microplastics. Image by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0,

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Can sound help save a dwindling elephant population? Scientists using AI think so

Jennifer Langston 13 Aug 2018

A gigantic trek: what it takes to move 200 elephants 1,500km

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Paxful, Zam Zam Water make Bitcoin-funded charity in Africa a reality

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PAWO seeks recognition for African women leaders

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Cecil the Lion shortly before he was killed.

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Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

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Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

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Zanzibar Red Colobus, endemic to Tanzania. Image by by Hasin Shakur, GFDL 1.2,

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Shoprite to stage cleanup events across Africa on World Cleanup Day

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#DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

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2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners announced

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Microplastics. Image by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0,

We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on microplastics

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Paxful, Zam Zam Water make Bitcoin-funded charity in Africa a reality

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Cecil the Lion shortly before he was killed.

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Africa's Cities for our Future competition winner revealed

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Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

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