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…]
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South Africa remembers 1960 Sharpeville massacre
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…]
Elephant in Stealth Mode: A Bull Named Morgan Survives Somali War Zone
NAIROBI, Kenya — Elephant experts in Kenya were excited recently by some rare good news: An elephant had crossed into Somalia — and survived. [read more…]
African Rhinos May Be Extinct In 10 Years Or Less, Experts Warn
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…]
How donor campaigns are setting the fight against malaria back
”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…]
Communities spurn women freed from Boko Haram
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…]
Rhino poaching increases in Africa for sixth year in a row
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 Zika virus unlikely to spread in East Africa
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…]
Congo-born priest in Germany quits over death threats
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…]
Hassan al-Turabi obituary
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…]