Africa

In a shocking turn of events, a suspected poacher met a gruesome fate as he was reportedly trampled to death by an elephant in South Africa’s renowned Kruger National Park.…

by Charles Mpaka – MongaBay – Creative CommonsA court in Malawi has sentenced a Chinese national to 14 years in jail for masterminding an illegal wildlife trafficking cartel that operated across…

by Mongabay.com – MongaBay – Creative CommonsAuthorities at the Nigeria Customs Service have announced the seizure of 7.1 tons of pangolin scales that smugglers were attempting to ship out of the…

by Jim Tan – MongaBay – Creative CommonsGabon recently received the first $17 million of a pledged $150 million from Norway for results-based emission reduction payments as part of the…

(The AEGIS Alliance) – Nigerian authorities are looking for hundreds of schoolgirls who have been kidnapped by unidentified armed bandits in an early Friday morning raid, authorities in the northwestern…

(The AEGIS Alliance) – Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels together with some teachers in central Nigeria, according to what…

An American missionary was sentenced to almost 16 years in federal prison for abusing underage girls at a Kenyan orphanage, which he ran together with his spouse.Gregory Hayes Dow, of…

(The AEGIS Alliance) – KENYA, AFRICA – Three produce traders in Kenya were arrested for using plastic bags, social media users in the region are showing support for those vendors.The…

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – One of the biggest wildlife preserves in Africa has marked one year without any elephants being discovered to have been killed by poachers. This is an…

(The AEGIS Alliance) – Andre Kruger displayed a stand at the first ever cannabis exposition in Africa. His stand included an indoor growing tent that has state of the art…