Trophy hunting of bulls affecting African elephant behavior, breeding patterns and social cohesion
Selective trophy hunting of young bull elephants is affecting the population structure, behavior and future breeding patterns among African elephants in the Malipati Safari Area (MSA) of south-eastern Zimbabwe, More...
Mozambique elephant poaching 2018
The usual reception for any new arrival to the town of Massingir in the southern province of Gaza in Mozambique is a long, inquisitive and hostile look reserved only for unwelcome intruders. It was the same feeling More...
Melania Trump gets ‘take-home message’ from protesting US citizens in Malawi
American citizens in Malawi this week staged a peaceful protest telling US First Lady Melania Trump to return home and persuade President Donald Trump to reverse the proposed health-care budget cuts to poor countries More...
Nearly 100 killed in one year of Islamist-linked terrorism in northern Mozambique
About 100 people have been killed and 70 others injured since a new Islamist rebel group launched attacks on villages and government installations in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique in October last More...
US, France, Italy and UK welcome Tripoli ceasefire agreement
The governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States have welcomed the United Nations-brokered ceasefire that ended weeks of battles between rival militias fighting for the control of the Libyan More...
Nigeria arrests suspected fraudster purporting to be US Attorney General Jeff Sessions
A Nigerian businessman charged who defrauded fellow citizens by misrepresenting himself as United States Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has been remanded in custody following his arrest by the Economic and Federal More...
Botswana: Six rhinos killed by poachers since January
At least six rhinos have been killed by poachers in Botswana since the beginning of this year, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) has confirmed. The revelation comes as police scramble for clues More...
Nigerian Air Force asks for early delivery of A-29 light attack aircraft from US
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appealed to US aircraft manufacturer Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to expedite of the 12 Super Tucano A-29 counter-insurgency aircraft to boost the fight against Islamist insurgency More...
Suspected Zambian poachers abandon 172 kilograms of elephant tusks in Zimbabwe
A group of suspected Zambian poachers have abandoned 172 kilograms of elephant tusks following a skirmish with Zimbabwean game rangers inside the world-acclaimed Hwange National Park. Ivory, a hunting rifle, dried More...
US embassy, consulate in Nigeria closed over security concerns during Eid holiday
he US Embassy in Abuja and the US Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on August and August 22 in observance of the Muslim Eid-el-Kabir holiday. Image/CIA In a security alert issued on August 17 to all US citizens More...
Tanzanian police recover Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s stolen vehicle
The Tanzanian People’s Defense Force (TPDF) has arrested two Kenyan nationals for the illegal possession of a top-range sports utility vehicle stolen recently reported from Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The More...
White rhino killed, de-horned by poachers in Botswana
The Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) HAS confirmed the recent killing and de-horning of a white rhino by suspected poachers in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. A rhino along the safari More...
Chad to host new African regional counter-terrorism center
Defense and foreign ministers from Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger have agreed to set up a Joint (Security) Operations Center to strengthen regional border security and coordinate joint military operations against More...
US Embassy in Abuja suspends consular services
The US Embassy in the Nigerian capital Abuja has announced the temporary closure of its Consular Section. In a notice posted on August 14, the embassy said all consular appointments in Abuja have temporarily ceased More...
South Africa allocates seven leopards to 2018 trophy hunting quota
The South African government has lifted the 2016 ban on the hunting of leopards and allocated 7 males aged seven years and older to the 2018 quota for trophy hunting. In a statement, Environmental Affairs minister More...
