population

Kinshasa: Kinshasa is growing faster than almost any city in Africa, but its population boom is not making people richer | World News

Representative Image of daily life on a bustling Kinshasa street amid fast-paced urban expansion (AI-generated image) Kinshasa, the capital of…

2 weeks ago

Population of critically endangered African black rhino ‘slowly increasing’ | The Independent

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Anglers had been reporting black skin patches among catfish in Vermont lake. Now scientists have found it’s a contagious cancer affecting 30% of their population |

Tasmanian devils, dogs and shellfish are some of the only animals that are known to carry naturally occurring cancers that…

3 weeks ago

Conservation efforts slowly reviving African black rhino population

Conservation efforts are slowly boosting the numbers of critically endangered African black rhinos, new data released on Thursday shows.The rhino…

2 months ago

World Bank targets $23bn private capital push as Africa races to create jobs for booming youth population

The multibillion-dollar initiative, announced on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, will be driven through the bank’s newly consolidated Guarantee Platform,…

3 months ago