Business

Poorer nations need $60bn a year to protect nature, NGOs say

Nairobi – Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world’s poorest nations to combat biodiversity... Read more

1 Mar, 2022

Countries

Kenya under fire over calls to ‘weaken’ forest protections

Nairobi – In his 15 years defending one of Nairobi’s last green spaces, Simon Nganga has seen off brazen... Read more

4 Feb, 2022

Business

Kinshasa zoo needs major makeover to woo back crowds

Kinshasa – In Kinshasa’s dilapidated zoo, the two oldest residents – a pair of Nile crocodiles called Simon and... Read more

1 Feb, 2022

Countries

South African rhino returns to wild after brutal attack

Bela Bela – A 10-year-old rhino that had its horn brutally hacked off returned to the wild on Monday, after... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Business

Zimbabwe game park to receive $15m from new wildlife fund

Harare – One of Zimbabwe’s biggest wildlife reserves is to receive US$1 million annually from a brand-new fund to help... Read more

6 Jan, 2022

Countries

Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and defender of elephants, dies aged 77

Nairobi – World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humankind evolved in... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

Countries

Too many gorillas? The great apes’ hunt for space in Rwanda

Rwanda – A huge male silverback gorilla nibbles on a tasty bamboo shoot before farting loudly, oblivious to his neighbours... Read more

23 Dec, 2021

Countries

Leopard rescued after straying into Kenyan home

Nairobi – A leopard wandered into a house in southeastern Kenya after straying from its home in Tsavo National... Read more

17 Dec, 2021

Countries

South Africa snips lions to manage species in small reserves

Hoedspruit – On the cusp of sexual maturity, a young lioness is about to be sterilised. It’s to prevent... Read more

15 Dec, 2021

Countries

30 South African white rhino relocated to Rwanda in a Boeing 747

Rwanda – Thirty endangered white rhinos arrived in Rwanda on Monday after a long journey from South Africa in a... Read more

30 Nov, 2021