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What are those sites that have applied to get on the UNESCO World Heritage List? We travel around the world to meet with committed men and women who struggle daily to preserve their country’s treasures.

Ebony Last years of the Atlantic Slave Trade

What do we really know about the struggle to put an end to the Atlantic Slave Trade? This story is related in this full dramatised feature film by Senegalese feature film director, Moussa Touré, and historian experts.

Nowadays we are witnessing the most rapid rate of extinctions since the end of the dinosaur era. Fortunately, on all continents, defenders of nature have decided to act.

For their “particular” human traits, men, women and children were exhibited and exploited alongside animals all around the world. Personal stories and archives give us the behind-the-scenes from the 19th century until WWII. This documentary exposes the facts and dreadful realities of a forgotten past.

Nature’s Keepers features stunning high definition shots of 40+ distinct environments – coral reefs, tropical forests, marshlands, savannah, mangroves and more. Exploring our planet’s greatest natural treasures, it clearly demonstrates the very real threats to precious places and endangered species.

A trip of 700 kilometres on the Congo river that takes about a week on a barge of 2000 people, most of which do not have a cabin. Jérôme Delafosse sets off to encounter the people of the Congo. He discovers their environment and takes part in their daily activities.

The world’s most exclusive hotels open their doors to our discrete cameras. Slow motions, zoom-ins, travelling shots highlight the style, elegance, and splendour of these exceptional dwellings.

Today, expedition cruise ships commanded by captain-adventurers offer up-close encounters with the most impressive volcanoes. Aboard them, a team of volcanologists, geologists, and naturalists set off

Nowadays we are witnessing the most rapid rate of extinctions since the end of the dinosaur era. Fortunately, on all continents, defenders of nature have decided to act.

Nowadays we are witnessing the most rapid rate of extinctions since the end of the dinosaur era. Fortunately, on all continents, defenders of nature have decided to act. They struggle on a daily basis for the survival of the world’s fauna.

A story of Senegal, a canvas for creativity. Our artist explores the street art in Dakar, decorating transport ‘Rapide’ and a call to amplify public health through graffiti, testing for AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Sickle-cell Anaemia.

Rawlings led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. A charismatic figure, he first seized power railing against corruption and was responsible for executing several former heads of state for their alleged graft and mismanagement. He was also seen as a champion of the poor, but came to be [...]

African and US development financiers ramp up commitment to attracting greater private sector capital to Africa

The continent’s largest development finance institutions have emphasized that a sustained and collaborative approach among development partners to scale up project development activities, will boost the number of bankable projects attracting investor interest and contribute to closing the infrastructure finance gap in Africa. They spoke during a panel event to discuss their organizations’ role in [...]

Fela Kuti. Africa’s most challenging and charismatic music performers

Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist. He is best known as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, a blend of traditional yoruba and Afro-Cuban music with funk and jazz. Musicians described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance. View video here: https://bit.ly/2Tpccwe Fela was the [...]

Archaeologists discover 60 Egyptian Coffins 20 miles from Cairo, sealed over 2,500 years ago

Best described as a vast necropolis, the announcement marks the latest in a string of discoveries at Saqqara, a necropolis about 20 miles south of Cairo. The vast burial ground once served the royal capital of Memphis, and the site is also home to Egypt's oldest surviving pyramid. In September, archaeologists at Saqqara discovered almost [...]