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Dec
24
2023
By AHMED KINGIMI and ISAAC ANYAOGU
Nigeria to investigate killings of endangered wildlife, environment minister says

Nigeria to investigate killings of endangered wildlife, environment minister says

NEWS
NIGERIA will investigate the killing of endangered wildlife after a video posted on social media showed a soldier killing two elephants in the northeastern Borno state, the environment minister said. The video has widely circulated on X, formerly known as Twitter, sparking outrage among Nigerians, who have condemned the killing of the animals that were reportedly roaming in farmlands and called for stricter measures to protect endangered wildlife. In addition to the elephants, two booted eagles that migrated from Europe were killed in northwestern Kebbi and Sokoto states last month, and a university professor was reportedly involved in the killing…
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Feb
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Rhino poaching sees slight decline in South Africa

Rhino poaching sees slight decline in South Africa

NEWS
THE number of rhinos poached for their horns in South Africa decreased slightly in 2022 but more must be done to save them in provincial parks, the environment ministry said. A total of 448 rhinos were illegally killed countrywide last year, three fewer than in 2021. However, the figures are still higher than they were the year before when COVID-19 restrictions in South Africa led to a fall in poaching. Demand for rhino horns has decimated their population over the decades in South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia. The poaching often involves international criminal syndicates and local poachers, who smuggle the…
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Sep
04
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC wants Angola to pay for deaths

DRC wants Angola to pay for deaths

NEWS
HEREWARD HOLLAND and HELEN REID THE Democratic Republic of Congo will seek compensation from the owners of an Angolan diamond mine after a tailings dam leak polluted drinking water, causing 12 deaths and making thousands of people ill, according to the country's environment minister. The late-July leak from Angola's biggest diamond mine turned a tributary of the Congo River red following a rupture in a spillway for the mine's tailings dam, which stores mining industry waste meant to stay undisturbed. Researchers at Kinshasha University last month pointed to "huge pollution" that affected some 2 million people, killed fish and caused…
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May
03
2021
By The African Mirror
SA to clamp down on captive lion breeding

SA to clamp down on captive lion breeding

NEWS
SOUTH AFRICA will clamp down on captive lion breeding after a review panel concluded the industry risked the conservation of wild lions and harmed tourism, the environment minister said yesterday. In the nearly 600-page report, the panel appointed by the ministry in 2019 recommended that South Africa end the breeding and keeping of captive lions for economic gain, including hunting them and tourist interactions such as cub petting. The panel also recommended an immediate moratorium on the trade of lion derivatives such as bones, which they found to pose major risks to wild lion populations in South Africa. Barbara Creecy,…
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