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Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands

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Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands

The mighty baobab tree attracts incredible legends – but living for thousands of years and storing 100,000 litres of water is a pretty impressive feat

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World closes in on goal of halving hunger by 2015

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Bill Gates's epic project transforms farming in Africa

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Bill Gates's epic project transforms farming in Africa

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Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too

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Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too

Analysis

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African elephants are being poached to extinction

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African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

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African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

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Ebola is a 'global emergency' as bodies litter streets

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Ebola is a 'global emergency' as bodies litter streets

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Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago

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Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago

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Ebola outbreak: What you need to know about its spread

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Ebola outbreak: What you need to know about its spread

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We're growing living walls to save lions

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We're growing living walls to save lions

Masai people in Tanzania kill lions that kill their livestock – so conservationist Laly Lichtenfeld is helping them make corrals to keep all the animals safe

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Fighting fear, denial and death on Ebola frontline

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US bioterror fears are driving Ebola drug development

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Master plan hatched as African Ebola deaths pass 500

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Break electricity addiction to win the power struggle

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