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Karamot Akinyera: Has Inflation Made Healthy Eating Expensive and Difficult? Here’s What You Can Do

As I think back to my days as a student, I remember standing in the market with a limited budget, trying to decide what I ...
Indiatimes

Germany planted millions of black locust trees to restore exhausted land, but scientists now say the invasive trees are replacing some of central Europe's most species-rich ...

Black locust trees were once hailed as an ecological solution to some of Germany’s most degraded lands and were planted extensively to stabilise the post-mining lands, enrich poor soil and capture ...
The Punch Newspapers

Seven African teams through to World Cup round of 32

Seven African nations have secured places in the Round of 32 at the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking a strong showing for the continent at the expanded tournament. Out of the 10 teams representing ...
Phys.org

Restoring African landscapes with indigenous food-bearing trees

Deforestation is a major problem across Africa. It is widely recognized that deforestation harms biodiversity, but tree loss also harms dietary quality, as nutritious fruits, nuts, seeds and leaves ...
Indiatimes

African proverb of the day: 'The axe forgets; the tree remembers' — a reminder that wounds outlive power

An African proverb, often shared through traditional wisdom, uses a simple image from nature to explain a deeper truth about human actions and their consequences. Like many proverbs that draw lessons ...
Chicago Tribune

Catalpa trees can handle city conditions

When a northern catalpa tree blooms in early summer, it’s a lovely sight. Impressive clusters of big, white, trumpet-shaped flowers with purple throats appear on a tall tree with huge, heart-shaped ...
Mongabay

As African cities heat up, a new book argues trees are part of the solution

Africa’s population is now estimated at nearly 1.5 billion people; the continent is urbanizing faster than any other region in the world and projections suggest that nearly 80% of future population ...
The New York Times

As a Sacred Tree Dies, Their Village Loses a Piece of Itself

In a forest in Madagascar, the demise of a centuries-old baobab points to the fraying of a fragile ecosystem. Cyrille CornuCredit... Supported by By Jonathan Wolfe The first sign that the tree was in ...
The Columbian

Protections sought as drought threatens African myrrh trees

AFCADDE, Ethiopia — The critical note in some of the world’s most well-known perfumes is myrrh, a tree resin from the Horn of Africa that is under pressure from what experts say has been a historic ...
The Shreveport Times

Chef Niema DiGrazia brings Shreveport to 'Chopped'

Chef Niema DiGrazia competed on a "Chopped" episode titled "African Soul," reaching the final round. A VIP watch party for the episode was held at the Robinson Film Center in Shreveport. The Robinson ...