Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

By the time Kamidikolo made it to hospital, snake venom had already started breaking down his skin and muscle. The flesh ...

Colonial-era infrastructure and development prioritised urban centres and extractive industries, such as coal and gold mines. Vast rural populations were deprived – and remain so. The transition must ...