Second Lion Killed in Kenya in 2 Days Reignites Outrage
This was a bad week to be a lion in Kenya. On Thursday, a 2½-year-old lion known as Lemek was found killed by a spear, [read more…]
This was a bad week to be a lion in Kenya. On Thursday, a 2½-year-old lion known as Lemek was found killed by a spear, [read more…]
The graves of the 69 Sharpeville victims in Sharpeville, Gauteng Province, South Africa. PHOTO | PETER DUBE Monday marks the 56th anniversary of the 1960 [read more…]
NAIROBI, Kenya — Elephant experts in Kenya were excited recently by some rare good news: An elephant had crossed into Somalia — and survived. [read more…]
It was only 150 years ago that more than 1 million black and white rhinos roamed the savannas of Africa. Since then, poaching has decimated populations [read more…]
”Malaria deaths down by sixty percent,” headlined the World Health Organisation in December 2015. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation claimed the achievement as due [read more…]
After enduring horrific ordeals, the women and girls freed from Boko Haram return to families and communities who reject them, a report has found. [read more…]
Conservation group says 1338 were killed for their horns in 2015, driven by demand in countries such as China and Vietnam More than 1,300 rhinos [read more…]
Scientists say the mosquitoes responsible for the virus have been on the continent for a very long time, hence the level of risk of infection [read more…]
Olivier Ndjimbi-Tshiende, whose public support for refugees polarised Zorneding residents, leaves after receiving hate mail Bavarian officials and residents have been rallying in support of [read more…]
Sudanese Islamic leader who was an early supporter of Osama bin Laden The Sudanese politician Hassan al-Turabi, who has died aged 84, was Africa’s most [read more…]
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