Zimbabwe is likely to be the hardest hit country from an outbreak of armyworms that is destroying crops and threatening food security in southern Africa, the United Nations (U.N.) food agency said

If you thought the current drought ravaging many parts of the country was bad enough, then brace yourself for an invasion of the armyworm.

WINDHOEK Namibia (Xinhua) -- Namibia’s environment ministry said Wednesday that the desert lion found dead last month died of anthrax.

Black rhinos are being driven to extinction as the ‘unprecedented’ high price of rhino horns leads to an explosion of poaching, experts say.

NAMIBIA has so far dehorned 451 black rhinos at a cost of over N$14,5 million in an effort to discourage poaching in the country.
Government has been dehorning rhinos since 2014.

Various parts of the Zambezi region have now also been overrun by the worm infestation which has sown devastation across the northern parts, from Omusati to Kavango East, since late last year.

ABOUT 7 000 more Namibians are expected to be infected with the HI-virus by the end of the current financial year, which will bring Namibia's total HIV-AIDS infections to 227 000, Erongo health dir

Johannesburg: The number of elephants in Africa has dropped by 111,000 in 10 years to just 415,000 today.

DISTRICT forestry officer at Katima Mulilo Dennis Sikabongo said there is a worrisome trend of residents hiring foreigners to harvest mopane trees.

Mopane trees are protected in Namibia.

Legalizing the ivory trade could more quickly make elephants extinct, a study released September 15 suggests.