The Namibian and Botswana governments may be risking their water resources for oil and gas revenue. They have licensed a Canadian firm, ReconAfrica, to prospect for oil in the Cubango Okavango River ...

In a momentous occasion, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi recently opened the 1 billion pula (£36.4 million) Okavango River Bridge in Mohembo. In 2016, Government of Botswana contracted Italian ...

On September 23, 2025, it was time once again: The TRAVELBOOK AWARDs were presented in Berlin. One of the categories: the most sustainable safari destinations in the world. Among the nominees was a ...

On a sunny August day, I’m sitting in a boat on the Okavango River in northwestern Botswana. A big bull elephant stands at the edge of the water, using his trunk to pull and slap and feed on river ...

Delve into the landscape and wildlife of the “Middle World,” the delta of the Okavango River. In the most dynamic and lively part of the river, long caravans of elephants travel along the water, and ...

Forest Whitaker and Dijmon Hounsou have joined the Duke of Sussex and the Oscar winner in calling for an end to drilling "destruction" in the Okavango River Basin Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, ...

Discover the landscape and wildlife of the Lower Okavango River, where the land is baked dry by the scorching sun of the Kalahari Desert and animals must adapt to the extreme environment. The Okavango ...

The Okavango River in Southern Africa is an unlikely oasis and lush paradise in the middle of a hostile desert that supports and feeds an incredible abundance of wildlife. Unlike most rivers that flow ...

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is co-founder of the nonprofit Archewell Foundation and is president of African Parks, a nongovernmental organization. Reinhold Mangundu is a Namibian environmental ...