African governments have appointed special envoys to be dispatched to Washington to negotiate with President Trump’s representatives before the July 9 deadline. Workers perform a quality check inside the United Aryan textile factory at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nairobi on Feb. 4, 2025. Workers perform a quality check inside the United Aryan textile factory at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nairobi on Feb. 4, 2025. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG—With reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States expected to kick in on July 9, African governments...

Though once reliant on a modest state pension, 70-year-old Nonkosi Klaas now earns more than South Africa’s national median income by leasing six backyard apartments on her property.

Two years ago, she partnered with a housing startup called Bitprop, which builds and manages micro-apartments at no upfront cost to landowners in South African townships — areas where apartheid-era governments forcibly relocated people of color, and which remain among the country’s poorest and most violent.

For three decades, photographer Guillaume Bonn has traversed East Africa, documenting how civilization’s quintuple threats of modernity, development, population growth, armed conflict, and climate change have imperiled the region’s wildlife, habitats, and human communities. Some of his most distinctive pictures—originally shot on assignment for Vanity Fair—are those depicting camouflage-clad local rangers from game reserves, conservancies, and elsewhere, who risk their lives to combat criminal rings of poachers seeking the valuable horns and tusks of rhinos and elephants.

The lava lakes of Nyamuragira (top) and Nyiragongo (bottom) glow red in this 2014 satellite image captured using infrared radiation. This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's most active — and deadly — volcanoes. (top of image) and (bottom of image) are roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) apart and are located just north of the city of Goma, which is home to more than 1 million people....

Trade experts suggest African countries respond to U.S tariffs with diplomacy and avoid retaliation to get the best trade agreements. Trucks loading ore from the open pit of the Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana, on May 11, 2023. Trucks loading ore from the open pit of the Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana, on May 11, 2023. Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG—Mcebisi Jonas doesn’t usually suffer from nerves. If he did, he wouldn’t have survived a brutal guerrilla campaign against South Africa’s apartheid foot-soldiers in the 1970s and 1980s. “As...

Jordan Peele and a promotional poster for 'Him'. Image: Instagram via @J_studios_24 Jordan Peele’s new horror thriller Him is set to hit cinemas on 19 September 2025. The movie promises audiences a chilling blend of sports drama and psychological terror. The film follows Cameron Cade, a young and talented footballer whose dreams of NFL stardom are shattered. Cade is involved in a brutal attack that leaves him with a traumatic brain injury, according to India Today. When all seems lost, NFL legend Isaiah White offers Cameron a second chance, he...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation organizations want to protect savanna ecosystems in order to preserve the habitat and migration areas of wildlife such as elephants and lions.