By Victor Shalton, Airline Geeks COVID-19 pandemic hit the aviation industry hard. Though for many airlines recovery plans are a key priority, innovations and technologies are still on the agenda. Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), through its fully owned subsidiary Fahari...
By Emily Tian, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project A non governmental organization fighting against illegal wildlife trafficking said it signed an agreement with the African Union (AU) to help the continent combat illegal wildlife trade and support...
By Tola Adenubi, Nigerian Tribune The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, said it arrested three suspected smugglers in connection with different kilograms of Pangolin scales and Elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. While displaying the seizures to...
By Tracy Mutinda, The Star First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has commended Elephant Neighbours Centre Executive Director Jim Nyamu for his conservation campaign dubbed ‘ivory belongs to elephants’ that has helped to sensitize communities on the need to protect the...
By AllAfrica Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Saturday that, for the third consecutive year, no elephants have been poached in the Niassa National Reserve in the far north of the country, or in the Gorongosa National Park in the central province...
By Xinhua South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy thanked rangers for protecting wildlife in the country on Saturday in commemoration of the World Ranger Day. "In the battle to conserve our wildlife and halt poaching, it is our...
By Cyrus Ombati - The Star Police said the four were found in possession of 19 pieces of the jumbo tusks. The tusks have a street value of Sh10 million. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s Special Service Unit-led team confiscated the illegal cargo stashed in...
By Nelson Mandela - PML Daily The U.S. Ambassador Natalie E. Brown has applauded Uganda for the development of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) e-Permitting system. CITES is an international agreement that...
By Megan Shersby, Discover Wildlife Conservationists at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Centre Forestier N’Zérékoré are celebrating after their camera traps captured footage of a family of African forest elephants in the Ziama Forest in Guinea. The family...
By David Klein, OCCRP The global maritime shipping industry is being exploited by illegal wildlife traffickers, with some shipping companies not even aware they are being misused, according to a new report jointly published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the...