By Lesley Kruger, News AKMI Early in August, movement in a remote part of Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve woke a sleeping trail camera. In seconds a processor chip took four photos, ran an artificial intelligence program that recognized a human shape and sent the...
By Caitlin Looby - MongaBay The Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online has removed more than 11 million posts linked to the wildlife trade on platforms ranging from Facebook to eBay to Alibaba since it was established in 2018.But as more tech companies join the...
By Benoit-Ivan Wansi - Afrik21 Eight elephants in the Lobéké National Park in eastern Cameroon have been shot. Cameroonian authorities report having arrested individuals involved in the trade of elephant tusks. As a result, new security measures were taken to...
By Gilbert Koech, The Star Save the Elephants, a conservation NGO, has developed an app that is changing the way researchers and conservationists protect wildlife. CEO Frank Pope said the app has already been adopted by Kenya Wildlife Service and Northern Rangelands...
By Byegon Alfric and Dominic Cheres, Kenya News Agency Elephant Neighbour Centre (ENC) will plant over 4,000 tree seedlings in Kericho County as they commemorate the Great North Rift Elephant Campaign Walk, Kericho East Deputy County Commissioner, Stephen Orinde, has...
By Zululand Observer Street art legend teams up with New Balance to re-open Mall of Africa store. Falko One is considered one of the most important street artists and has played an integral part in the development of street art in South Africa. Falko’s work is...
By Moki Edwin Kindzeka, VOA News Cameroon has deployed its military forces to help rangers crack down on poachers on its eastern border with the Central African Republic. Cameroon wildlife officials say poaching is again increasing after pandemic restrictions saw a...
By Daniel T Cross - Sustainability Times Africa’s iconic elephants have ranges in three dozen countries on the continent, yet in some of these nations their habitats are fast shrinking owing to encrouchment and other threats. One such country is Ethiopia where tens of...
By Sheree Bega, Mail & Guardian Cash is king for those on the lower rungs of the illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, but further up the supply chain, payment methods and laundering tactics become far more sophisticated. How the money flows in wildlife...
By The National Law Review On November 19, the Wildlife Conservation & Anti-Trafficking Act was reintroduced. This groundbreaking bipartisan legislation is aimed at making it easier to catch and prosecute poachers, traffickers, and those involved in the global...