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Researchers have described three new species in the previously monotypic bird genus Stiphrornis: two from West Africa and one from the Congo. Stiphrornis erythothorax, until now the only species in the genus Stiphrornis, by Joseph Smit, 1883, in the Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 7. The …

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week: Image copyright AFP Image caption Model Winfrida Metili shows off a colourful hair extension at the Swahili Fashion week in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Friday… Image copyright AFP Image caption While this model waits her turn …

South Africa’s Western Cape has more botanic biodiversity than the rainforests of the Amazon. Most of this is composed of “fynbos” – scrubland plants – the majority of which do not grow anywhere else in the world. Fynbos has given one entrepreneur the opportunity to develop her business from a …