Mountain Gorillas are best observed in Uganda or Rwanda And to avoid – currently, one needs to be very cautious if planning a trip to Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (the People’s Republic or Congo-Brazzaville is however safe), Burundi, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and a few other unstable nations. MORE >>

The women it employs and works with are primarily refugees, from Afghanistan, Somalia, the Sudan – often places where there have been wars. Victoria’s Secret drove me nuts even before they were accused of their most recent child-labor scandal. know I’m not the only one looking for alternatives. And they benefit refugee women. MORE >>

Parts of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are suffering from an extreme drought that has decimated livestock and is killing the children of the region. In a new video for UNICEF , Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is asking British citizens to help save starving African children. The situation throughout the region is becoming more and more critical. MORE >>

Equus africanus used to be found as far north as Morocco’s Atlas Mountains and as far east as the Arabian peninsular, but now only a few hundred of them are left in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. The donkey’s ancestor, African Wild Asses once lived all over North Africa, but now they are critically endangered. MORE >>

Let’s hope that they consider improving their own food self-sufficiency through green techniques such as vertical farming and not just buying up tracts of fertile land from drought-stricken and troubled nations in Africa such as Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. :: Image via kris krug/flickr. Uses 70% Less Water Than Traditional Farming. MORE >>