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Ethiopian girls wear T-shirts depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as they take part in a national tree-planting drive in the capital of Addis Ababa, on July 28th, 2019. The Green Legacy campaign, started by Ahmed's office, wants every Ethiopian to plant 40 seedlings during the rainy season, which runs from May to October.

Ethiopians Tackle the Climate Crisis With 350 Million New Trees (in Photos)

Citizens of Africa's second-most populated country broke a world record when they planted 353,633,660 tree seedlings on Monday as part of a national reforestation campaign.

Maxine Speier

A health worker at an Ebola quarantine unit on June 13th, 2017, in Muma, after a case of Ebola was confirmed in the village.

Social Justice

Why the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Could Continue to Spread

Ongoing civil conflict and the resulting displacement of local people is creating an ideal environment for the devastating disease.

Steven Hatch

Environment

Africa’s Rarest Carnivore Fights for Survival in the Ethiopian Highlands

There are only about 500 Ethiopian wolves left in the wild—and they face a number of growing threats. One non-profit is working to save them.

Jaymi Heimbuch

Environment

Inside a Remarkable Local Effort to Stop Elephant Poaching in Zambia

Poachers have killed more than 90 percent of Zambia's elephants since the 1950s. In response, villagers banded together to protect those in North Luangwa National Park last year.

John C. Cannon

Hundreds of people, many of them Haitian, demonstrated against racism in Times Square on Martin Luther King Day on January 15th, 2018, in New York City. Across the country, activists, politicians, and citizens alike reacted to comments made by President Donald Trump that appeared to denigrate both Haiti and African nations.

News in Brief

Is Trump Targeting What He Called ‘Shithole’ Countries With His Latest Immigration Crackdown?

Advocates warn that proposed new travel restrictions could target black people.

Jack Herrera

This picture, taken on March 15th, 2019, shows a maize field destroyed by floods in Chikwawa district, Southern Malawi.

Environment

Clearcutting Forests Means Less Clean Water

A recent study in Malawi found that deforestation can reduce access to safe drinking water.

John C. Cannon

Algerian security forces use a water canon to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital city of Algiers on April 9th, 2019. Lawmakers named the speaker of the upper house as Algeria's first new president in two decades on Wednesday, after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika following mass protests.

Viewfinder: An Anti-Government Demonstration in Algeria

Algerian security forces use a water canon to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on April 9th, 2019.

Pacific Standard Staff

People collect metal sheets from a damaged supermarket to re-build their destroyed houses following the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 21st, 2019.

Environment

Why Tropical Cyclone Idai Had Such a Devastating Impact

The storm provides a grim prospect of the future of tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.

Jennifer Fitchett

Young African wild dogs also called Lycaon pictus, are pictured on August 25th, 2014, at the Bioparco of Rome.

Environment

What Happened to the Serengeti’s Wild Dogs?

A new study definitively disproves a decades-old theory that human "handling" of the animals caused their rapid disappearance from Serengeti National Park in 1991.

Shreya Dasgupta

Environment

After 40 Years of Effort, Tanzania Creates New Protected Area for Endangered Monkeys

It's taken a long time, conservationists say, partly because of complicated land ownership issues.

Shreya Dasgupta