Botswana parliament rejects call to arm game rangers
Botswana’s National Assembly has rejected a call to rearm its game rangers that was driven by a surge in rhinoceros ...
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Conservationists hail arrest of notorious wildlife trafficker in Kenya
Conservationists are lauding the arrest Wednesday in Kenya of alleged wildlife trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur, who also is wanted ...
Wildlife poaching doubles in Uganda during Covid-19 lockdown
Uganda’s wildlife authorities say the halt to tourism income caused by COVID-19 has pushed many people who depended on tourists ...
Inside deadly joint UWA, security operation that burst cartel hunting wildlife for ivory
On October, 3, 2019, Uganda Wildlife Authority officers following an intelligence tip off by a source, rushed to Kasese to ...
2 Zimbabwe park rangers drowned by poachers in Lake Kariba
Zimbabwean authorities say they have retrieved the bodies of two park rangers who had arrested four poachers but were then ...
‘Future of Gabon’ at stake in counterpoaching fight
Central Africa is fighting for the survival of the African forest elephant, with more than 70% of the population wiped ...
UWA, Police nab elephant poacher in Fort Portal
By Bridget Kabahenda Police and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Fort Portal have arrested a man suspected of killing ...
UWA to use helicopters, drones to fight wildlife smuggling
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has embarked on using helicopters and drones to track and stop smuggling of wildlife out ...
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Lt Col Nakalema probes Kyambogo University bosses for manipulating ICT project
Senior administrators at Kyambogo University are under probe for allegedly manipulating government's digitalisation project, aimed at automating service delivery at...