By Leonard Ncube & Nqobile Tshili - The Herald POLICE have arrested a suspected poacher for allegedly poisoning over 100 elephants using cyanide at Hwange National Park. Tony Maphosa, who has been on the run since 2013, allegedly poisoned water points and salt...
By Spoorthy Raman - MongaBay A recent report from the Wildlife Justice Commission analyzed trends in ivory and pangolin scales trafficking from Africa over the past decade using seizure data and found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the illegal...
By Spoorthy Raman - MongaBay A camera trap has captured video of an elephant for the first time in six years in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, reviving hopes that the species may still survive in the park after their near disappearance due to poaching and...
By Emanuele Bonini - EU News Brussels – Sports hunting in Tanzania is increasingly threatening the Maasai, the indigenous people torn from their land for hunting activities, whose products will continue to be sold in the EU. The European Commission has no...
By Obidike Okafor - Business Day In the forests of Borno State, a new and dangerous trade is quietly fueling Nigeria’s Boko problem: warthog ivory.While elephant tusks have long dominated the illicit wildlife trade, insurgent groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP have...
By Pindula The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of nine suspects in two separate sting operations in Cranborne, Harare, and Victoria Falls, leading to the recovery of over 40 pieces of raw ivory and pangolin scales. ZRP National Spokesperson...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Elephants don’t respect land ownership and without restraints they roam. But with bad fencing and a growing herd, a showdown was inevitable. In a heated and emotionally charged session of the South African Parliament’s Portfolio...
By Julia Evans - Daily Maverick South African National Parks has moved 42 elephants within Addo Elephant National Park as part of efforts to expand their range and restore natural ecological processes. Kabouga, a three-month-old baby elephant, will spend the rest of...
By Obert Siamilandu - NewsDay SOUTHERN Africa countries have been urged to present a united front towards the lifting of the ivory trade ban at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The CITES meeting is...
By Patrick Greenfield - The GuardianThousands have been displaced and conservation work halted as series of killings jeopardises decades of work in Niassa, one of Africa’s biggest protected areas. One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of...