Peter Yeung, Wired Fading classical Greek statues pose dramatically along the entrance to the Blue Shield casino in the region of Bokeo, a 10,000-hectare special economic zone in northern Laos, dubbed by some as a lawless “Sin City”. Owned by the notorious Hong Kong...
Amanda Coetzee, The African Reporter Researchers in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park proved that African elephants are afraid of honeybees. They hope to use this trait locally as a strategy to keep elephants away from human-populated areas, reported Live...
Xinhua Namibia has recorded nine poaching incidents since January this year, six involving rhinos and three involving elephants, a government spokesperson said on Monday. Romeo Muyunda, of the Environment and Tourism Ministry, said the poaching incidents mainly...
Ndar Info Le réseau de trafic d’ivoire de Soumbedioune est tombé. En effet, le samedi 9 mars, à 15h40, trois (3) présumés trafiquants d'Ivoire, dont un récidiviste déjà condamné sur la même place en 2017 à 3 mois de prison de ferme, ont été interpellés au sein du...
Msindisi Fengu Botswana’s former president, Ian Khama, has vowed not to rest until stability in his country is restored. Speaking to City Press on Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel at OR Tambo International Airport, he said he would be seeking external...
Jason Burke, The Guardian A forest ranger has been killed in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, weeks after the reserve was reopened to tourists. Virunga, home to critically endangered mountain gorillas as well as hundreds of other rare...
ECNS China's internet giants helped law enforcement departments seize illegal wildlife and their products worth more than 40 million yuan ($5.9 million) in over a year by using big data and artificial intelligence technology. After the coalition to combat...
Keamogetse Letsholo, The Botswana Daily News Government will consult all stakeholders before taking a decision on the recommendations of the cabinet sub-committee on the hunting ban, President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has told Kasane residents. Addressing a kgotla meeting...
John Okot, The Christian Science Monitor Not long ago, Santo Okello’s sesame garden was under siege. The intruders were familiar to him: four elephants, lumbering toward his crops at dusk in search of a tasty snack. Until a few years ago, a visit from the...
France24 A former mayor of Zimbabwe's tourist hotspot Victoria Falls was caught with nine elephant tusks weighing 120 kilograms (264 pounds) and arrested with two other suspects, police said Friday. Sifiso Mpofu, 42, was elected mayor in 2013, serving until July last...