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Elephants or avocados: a Kenyan dilemma

Elephants or avocados: a Kenyan dilemma

JACKSON NJEHIA and NAZANINE MOSHIRI THE majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya's border with Tanzania. Yet the free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Kenyan agricultural company KiliAvo Fresh Ltd, which has farms near Amboseli on nearly 175 acres of land, is building nurseries and preparing to grow the fruit, whose popularity is growing worldwide due to its high nutritional value. Conservationists are aghast. They…
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Fire breaks out on Mount Kilimanjaro, says Tanzania National Park

Fire breaks out on Mount Kilimanjaro, says Tanzania National Park

A fire broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro and authorities were trying to contain it, Tanzania’s National Parks service (TANAPA) said. The parks service posted a blurry photograph on its Twitter account of what appeared to be Mount Kilimanjaro with several pockets of flames burning on it, with the message: “A fire emerged on Mount Kilimanjaro this afternoon. Efforts in containing it (are) going on. More details to follow.” TANAPA official Pascal Shelutete told Reuters by phone on Sunday evening that he had no further details. Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest peak, at nearly 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level.…
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