In 2012, a wildfire ripped through 42 square kilometers of alpine moorland in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains, a range of ...

Learn how climate change and human activity are fueling dangerous wildfires in many of Africa’s highest mountain ecosystems. Wildfire events are becoming more frequent across the globe each year. But ...

Historic blaze: A 2012 fire scorched 42 square kilometers of alpine moorland in the Rwenzori Mountains, the first such high-altitude event in 12,000 years. Evidence in sediments: Lake sediment cores ...

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The people at the foot of the Rwenzori glacier in Uganda want a switch to renewable energy to save the snow on the mountaintop, which is melting fast. Their goal: 100 percent green energy by 2020.

(Nairobi) – Ugandan authorities should investigate the conduct of security forces in response to recent clashes in western Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces killed dozens of ...

Keeping people in the processAmid all the industry discussion around AI, it was refreshing, if not surprising, to hear from a travel company that is finding... Scenic is in the spotlight on a ...

The team trekking over bog, a stretch of thick mud during their ascend. Left, Jackie Asiimwe and one of the guides get ready to hike to the peak Margherita. Courtesy PHOTO For many people, reaching ...

The Rwenzori Mountains National Park covers nearly 100,000 ha in western Uganda and comprises the main part of the Rwenzori mountain chain, which includes Africa's third highest peak (Mount Margherita ...