By Nicky Harley, The National ISIS is “growing stronger” through its use of the illegal ivory and illicit sugar trades to fund terrorists in East Africa, according to a new report by a former British ambassador. Extremist fighters and terror campaigns are being paid...
Meet the African women who are giving their all to protect wildlife from extinction
By The Independent Online On World Female Ranger Day, taking place on June 23, this is the first time female wildlife rangers will be recognised collectively on a global interactive and fundraising-focused platform, to tell their stories, have access to peer support,...
97% of Nigeria’s forest wildlife, resources lost to illegal poaching
By Naija 247 News Dr Mukhtar Aminu-Kano, the Director-General,cccc (NCF), has raised alarm that Nigeria has lost about 97 per cent of wildlife and forest resources to poaching. Aminu-Kano raised the alarm in an interview on the sideline of a workshop on combating...
Exodus Travels Partners with the African Wildlife Foundation
By Jessica Montevago - Travel Market Report Exodus Travels announced a new partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF.) This portfolio of luxury adventures offers travelers the chance to go behind the scenes of regular safaris and learn from wildlife...
Kenya: Soap made from elephant dung creates a profitable venture for Narok women
By George Sayagie, Nation Ever heard of soap made from elephant dung? No? Well, now you have.The jumbos’ excreta is the main raw material for a soap-making venture that 50 women in Sikinani village in Narok West Sub County are involved in, a venture that they turned...
Pakistan: Peshawar Zoo takes on federal govt over importing elephants
By Shehzad Ali & Zulqarnain Iqbal, Samaa News The Peshawar Zoo is fighting the federal government in court over permission to import two elephants from Zimbabwe. The matter reached the highest court in the land with the Supreme Court asking the federal...
TikTok joins campaign to stop online wildlife trafficking
By Martyn Landi, The Irish Examiner TikTok has joined an online campaign fronted by wildlife protection organisations aiming to reduce the trafficking of animals on the internet. The video-sharing platform has been added to the Coalition to End Wildlife Tracking...
Tanzania: Quartet Arraigned in Possession of Government Trophies
By Tanzania Daily News Four people appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam on Monday, charged with dealing in and unlawful possession of four pieces of elephant tusks and one leopard skin, which are government trophies, valued at over...
Stop farming your ego and filling your pockets or there’ll be no end to pandemics
By John Harvey - Sunday Times Book Review: It's Not About The Bats by Adam Cruise In early February, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts on a fact-finding mission to Wuhan in China announced it was “highly unlikely” the novel coronavirus had originated in a...
Namibia: Youth climate activists urge Geingob to save the Okavango Delta
By The Namibia Economist After months of protests and campaigning, youth climate activists in Namibia are urging the public to send an email to the President H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob to save the Okavango Delta from the threat of oil exploration in the environmentally...