The one-off sale of ivory from Southern African nations to China and Japan in 2009 has caused an explosion of demand for ivory, skyrocketing prices, and a slaughter of elephants across the continen
Ibadan — The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan has commissioned its newly discovered biogas project at Apete Onidoko farming village in Ido Local
The Democratic Alliance has warned people in Tembisa, on Johannesburg's East Rand, to avoid water in the area because high levels of harmful bacteria have been found.
Maputo — The Mozambican Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development has fined the China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) four million meticais (about 105,000 US dollars) for extracting
The sum of N480 billion is lost annually as prevention and treatment cost of malaria attacks in Nigeria, according to the national monitor, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Godson Kingsley.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has suspended hunting of wildlife in three park estates and introduced stringent conditions for lion, leopard and elephant hunts.
South African conservationists are warning of a new potential threat to Africa's wild lion population: the increasing use of lion bones to replace tiger bones in traditional medicine in parts of As
The first collaborative workshop on forest management and timber trade between Namibia, Angola and Zambia ended last week, on 7 August, with agreement reached on developing a time-bound action plan
