The acacia tree has an expected lifespan of 15 to 30 years. So when a 320-year-old tree fell in the village of Balambala in northeast Kenya last week, locals were understandably distraught. Now, they ...

Father Albert Kemboi and Father Bruno Okoli celebrate Mass for the isolated Turkana people in Kalopiria, outside Lodwar, in nothern Kenya on Dec. 8. (Credit: John Allen/Crux.) Listen LODWAR/KALOPIRIA, ...

Isiolo County, located in Kenya's arid and semi-arid region, is facing a dramatic decline in its vital acacia tree cover. Over the past decade, more than 25 per cent of the county's acacia woodlands ...

Acacia gum, commonly called gum arabic, is derived from certain kinds of acacia trees: Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal. Sap is extracted from acacia trees by cutting incisions in their bark that ...