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Charcoal: vast, vital and often criminalised

Charcoal: vast, vital and often criminalised

If forests are properly managed and harvested, charcoal could be a renewable energy source that does not destroy the environment. Charcoal is one of the most important commodities in sub-Saharan Africa. In southern and...

Threatened to extinction

Threatened to extinction

Cameroon: culture clash Urbanisation and acculturation in Cameroon are eroding traditional conservation practices that helped maintain the equilibrium of the ecosystem Armand Boui has a problem. The 57-year-old native...

Big cities are changing how Africans live

Big cities are changing how Africans live

Big cities appear to have a positive impact on food security and access to drinking water, but they also have a reconfiguring effect on families African cities are on the rise, and the impact of these is only starting...

AIF 45 PODCAST: CITIES

EDITORIAL: Africa’s Megacities: boom or bust

Regular readers of Africa in Fact will recall our edition on local government (April 2016), which established a new template for the journal, with more space for articles and an attractive design based on high-quality...