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How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there in Africa?

UNESCO (The United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) runs a programme to protect and maintain places that are extremely important either for conservation of the environment or culturally important…

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Inspired by Sport Relief? These sporty adventures are sure to get you out of your armchair.

Sport Relief anticipates that thousands of people across the UK will swim, cycle or run this weekend in order to raise money for worldwide projects including those in the UK…

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How many elephants are left in Africa?

“Our window of opportunity to tackle the growing illegal ivory trade is closing. If we do not stem the tide, future generations will condemn our unwillingness to act.” If we…

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Where to see gorillas in Africa: Rwanda vs. Uganda

For those who have already been on safari across East or Southern Africa and are looking to return to Africa then perhaps Uganda or Rwanda could be just the thing. Africa…

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Lily in Uganda – Meeting the Gorillas

Our intrepid explorer Lily is in Uganda trekking through the rainforest to see the rare Mountain Gorillas. I thought I would start today’s blog post with some information about Mountain…

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