The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

Kenyan conservationist Abdullahi Hussein bags the coveted Whitley Award

By Moses Ngugi,

Smack in the middle of the coronavirus disquiet that has gripped the world, a Kenyan conservationist has won the most coveted award in the conservatio...

Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos

By VOA,

Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been kil...

botswana executes poachers , Botswana poaching

Six elephants fall to their deaths while trying to save each other

By Ian Omondi,

Six elephants on Saturday reportedly fell to their deaths while trying to save each other from a waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Acc...

Elephants , Haew Narok , Khao Yai National Park , Thailand

Kenya hailed for its strong stand against trade in ivory

By PSCU,

Kenya’s strong stand against trade in ivory is drawing global attention. Top officials of the global Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) on Thur...

CS Najib Balala , ivory trade , John Stephenson , Margaret Kenyatta

Cambodia investigates 3 tons of African ivory abandoned at port

By VOA,

Some three tons of African ivory sat in an unmarked crate in a Cambodian port for more than a year, until a tip from the U.S. embassy led authorities ...

Emily Zeeberg , Meas Nee , Sun Chhay

This is the ‘last generation’ that can save nature, WWF says

By CNN,

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% in just over four decades, as accelerating pollution, deforestation, climate change and other man-made ...

nature , World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta pushes for protection of elephants

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Thursday shared the stage with African Presidents and British Royals to advocate for the protection of elephants in Af...

Elephant Protection Initiative , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Hands Off Our Elephants Initiative , Prince William Arthur , resident Ali Bongo Obimba

More African ivory being smuggled into China despite ban: report

By Reuters,

More African ivory is being smuggled into China and a ban on trade in ivory has failed to dampen imports, a report said. Wildlife activists welcome...

African Ivory , Chinese ban ivory

Kenyan conservationist Daphne Sheldrick dies

By Reuters,

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a well-known Kenyan conservationist who helped protect the East African country’s wildlife for 60 years, has died. Her org...

daphne sheldrick , David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust , DSWT , Kenyan conservationist

Conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin found dead in Nairobi

By Ian Omondi,

World renowned conservationist, ivory trade and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin was on Sunday found dead at his home in Kare...

esmond martin dead , ivory trade , rhino horn trafficking , Save The Elephants

Kenyans come up with list of people ‘more deserving’ of State commendation

By Ian Omondi,

Kenyans are still angry after it was revealed that Martin Kamotho, aka Githeri Man was one of the recipients of the Head of State commendation. Ot...

Ben Githae , chief paediatric surgeon Dr. Fred Kabuni , Dennis Itumbi , Goldalyn Kakuya , Joyciline Jepkosgei , Lairuba Day Secondary School Principal Mr. Along’o George Mutwiri , Mary Mokaya , Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua , Pauline Njoroge , police officer James Ngugi Chege , Prof Nimrod Mwang’ombe , robert alai , Rufftone , Thomas "Big Ted" Kwaka , Umra Omar , University of Nairobi’s head of neurosurgery

To Save Elephants, Mali Employs Dutch Dogs

By VOA,

In an effort to save one of Africa's last desert elephant herds, Mali has employed Mitch, Bobby and Amy - Dutch spaniels with a nose for sniffing out ...

Elephants , elephants poaching , Residents of Laikipia West protest against marauding elephants , Stray elephants , Tweeting for Elephants

Elephants may cause voter apathy – Taveta residents

By Julius Joho,

As the country gears up for the August 8 General Election, a section of Taita Taveta County residents have expressed fears that the voting process c...

2 Poachers Killed In Taita Taveta , human wildlife conflict , Stray elephants , Taita Taveta Couny

School shut down over elephant menace

By Joel Mburia,

Gideon Mosi Primary School in Talio, Voi has been closed indefinitely after parents withdrew their children due to elephant menace. Parents claim t...

Elephants , Kenya Wildlife Service , Parents , Taita Taveta County. , Voi Sub county

Unfancied Cameroon look to hold off Egyptian force

By John Kyanda,

As the end of what has been an African Cup of Nations tournament laden with surprises nears, the odds look stacked in favour of Egypt to extend their ...

AFCON 2017 , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Egypt , football , Ghana

Ivory Coast, Togo draw blanks in dour Group C opener

By Agencies,

Defending champions Ivory Coast and Togo drew 0-0 in their opening Group C match at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Jonathan Kodjia's toe-poke ...

2017 AFCON , Emannuel Adebayor , football , gabon , Ivory Coast , Serge Aurier , Togo , Wilfred Zaha

China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017

By Reuters,

China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced on Friday, shutting the door to the world's biggest en...

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Cocoa , Cocoa farmers , Ivory Coast , Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests