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BOTSWANA (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Botswana, the nation with the world’s largest elephant population, should lift a hunting ban on the animals to reduce crop damage, according to a government committee. The proposal comes after consultations with researchers and hunters as well as weeks of public hearings on the elephant hunting ban, which was introduced in […]

The execution-style killings of two Muslim midwives in north-eastern Nigeria have raised fears that the Islamist insurgency is far from over. The Islamic State (IS) group and the political tensions ahead of elections in Africa’s most-populous nation are being blamed for the upsurge in violence this year. Hauwa Liman and Saifura Ahmed Khorsa both worked […]

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DAR ES SALAAM (REUTERS) – A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” to 15 years in prison on Tuesday (Feb 19) for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants to Asia – a big victory in the battle to stamp out poaching in Africa. Yang Fenglan had been charged […]

A small beachside restaurant in South Africa has won the top prize at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards in Paris. The Wolfgat – whose six staff have no formal training – opened in 2016 in the small fishing village of Paternoster on the west coast of South Africa. Head chef Kobus van der Merwe forages […]

KAMPALA, Uganda — Growing up in suburban Ohio, Rajakumari Jandhyala never imagined she would end up in the oil business, much less on the front line of America’s global competition with China. She spent two decades as a policy adviser on Africa, most recently as an aid official in the Obama administration. But in 2016, […]

KHARTOUM (AFP) – A Sudanese vendor died Sunday (Feb 17) after riot police fired tear gas at an anti-government rally in the capital, medics said, as protesters pressed on with a campaign against President Omar al-Bashir’s rule. Scores of protesters took to the streets in Khartoum’s northern suburb of Bahari chanting anti-government slogans, but they […]

Nigeria bolstered security in much of the country yesterday on the eve of a presidential election in Africa’s largest democracy where past ballots have been marred by violence, voter intimidation and vote rigging. The two leading candidates in today’s vote are President Muhammadu Buhari, who took office in 2015, and Atiku Abubakar, a businessman who […]

NAIROBI • Whispers of sightings of the elusive black leopard have long swirled around central Kenya, and scientists have now confirmed its presence there with a series of rare images taken by camera traps. The images were captured by researchers from the San Diego Zoo who have been studying leopards in the Loisaba wildlife conservancy, […]