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Kenya’s elephant number rises at 2.8% annually as poaching declines

 Kenya’s elephant population has gradually increased at an annual rate of approximately 2.8 per cent over the last three decades. This is as poaching is...

Botswana wildlife office investigates new mysterious elephant deaths

Botswana is investigating yet again the mysterious deaths of elephants, only a few months after 330 of the gray giants died from water-borne bacteria,...

Namibia to proceed with planned auction of 170 elephants

The Namibian government on Friday, January 22, 2021 said it was going ahead with plans to auction 170 high value wild elephants on January...

Concern as elephants return to Nigeria’s war zone

A herd of hundreds of elephants has returned to north-east Nigeria, where it is at risk from Boko Haram jihadists and in conflict with...

Elephants almost extinct in Nigeria, conservationist laments

Country Director of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Nigeria, Mr Andrew Dunn, says  elephants are almost becoming extinct in Nigeria. Dunn made the disclosure in...

World Elephant Day: WWF moves to tackle Myanmar poaching crisis

Amid a dire poaching crisis, wild Asian elephants in Myanmar received what appears to be swift and essential aid from thousands of supporters of...

Elephants now poached for their skins – WWF

Endangered elephants are now being slaughtered in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar for their skin, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has...

As wildlife returns, Ivorian park may be struck off ‘danger list’

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recommended withdrawing in-danger status from Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire after seeing chimps and...

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World Malaria Day: Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone roll out malaria vaccine – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone have launched a large-scale rollout...
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GCIP, GEF, UNIDO celebrate second cohort of innovative cleantech startups

The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) Nigeria on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Lagos, under the second cohort of...

Mangroves, best sequesters of carbon to mitigate climate change

Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, says mangoves are best sequesters of carbon which mitigate...

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