• Rwanda

    RWANDA Having been at risk of extinction due to uncontrolled hunting, war and destruction of its forest habitat, conservation efforts have seen mountain gorilla numbers grow. Many live in the… Read more

    Tanzania

    TANZANIA Maasai women at a ceremony in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of Tanzania. Located about 180 km west of Arusha, the Ngorongoro is a World Heritage Site and forms part of a… Read more

    Swaziland

    SWAZILAND Some 10 km from Mbabane, Swaziland’s administrative capital, lies Sibebe Rock – the world’s second-largest single granite monolith. It is estimated to be around 3 billion years old and… Read more

    Rwanda

    RWANDA Smallholding farms dot the Virunga Mountains. The range stretches along the northern border of Rwanda, into the DRC and Uganda, and consists of eight major volcanoes, six of which… Read more

    Ghana

    GHANA A woman waits to pay homage to the king during the Akwasidae festival, celebrated in the Ashanti region in the south of the country. Image: Gallo/GettyImages