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Mabamba Swamp is a bird-lovers dream destination. It is home to 260 bird species, including the massive shoebill – Uganda’s most sought-after bird!

There are plans afoot to move rhinos from Africa to Australia as an ‘insurance policy’ and for ‘safekeeping’ in large grass paddocks amongst the gum trees. Is this a valid conservation project (as claimed) or a misdirection of energy and resources by a well-meaning Western society intent on privatising African conservation into their own backyard?

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2017 Top 101 Finalists – images that will have you booking your next safari

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2017 Top 101 Finalists – images that will have you booking your next safari

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2017 Top 101 Finalists – images that will have you booking your next safari

Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2017 Top 101 Finalists – images that will have you booking your next safari

I am not a hunter. Nor have I ever been. I am a vegetarian (since the age of about 11), I am part of the environmental NGO sector and I have interests in the tourism industry in Namibia. So, it might surprise you that I am a strong supporter of the hunting industry in Namibia, and indeed, throughout Africa.

Wildlife artist and art safari host Alison Nicholls shares tips for sketching a hunting cheetah hunt – including field sketches and photos

Human-wildlife conflict is one of the biggest causes of reduction in wildlife populations across Africa – we unpack various solutions

In eastern Zambia, Conservation South Luangwa, in partnership with Working Dogs for Conservation and Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife has launched a fantastic initiative: Zambia’s first ever canine wildlife detection unit.

It is now legal in South Africa to trade domestically in rhino horn, after this country’s Constitutional Court recently overturned an eight-year ban on domestic trade, based on a technicality.

Namibia’s desert-adapted lions are hardy survivors that eke out a living in the inhospitable arid west of this beautiful country