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...
By Cyril Zenda, Fair Planet The continued refusal by the government of Botswana to allow game rangers to carry firearms, coupled with the country’s secrecy on poaching statistics and other wildlife data, is baffling conservationists. On 25 September, as Botswana...
By Nick Webster, UAE Hundreds of arrests have been made in a global operation by Interpol and customs authorities against traffickers in wildlife. Criminal networks have been severely disrupted by the month-long Operation Thunder 2021 spread across 118 countries, with...
By Muzhira Amin, Samaa The African elephants at the Karachi Zoo have mysteriously lost their tusks and it has put their lives at risk. “The damaged and infected tusks need to be removed as soon as possible otherwise the tooth infection will prove to be fatal for the...
By Chrissy SextonEarth.com staff writer An endangered population of Ethiopian elephants is under serious threat from tens of thousands of illegal human settlements, according to a new study led by the University of Oxford. The Babile Elephant Sanctuary...
By Ann Salaton, Kenya News Agency Narok County Commissioner Evans Achoki today flagged off, Jim Justus Nyamu, in his ninth day walk to sensitize residents on the need to conserve the environment and protect the wildlife. Nyamu who is the founder and director of...