PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife commerce in Lebanon, poked a curious nostril out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Happy, she took her first cautious steps in her new perpetually residence in a sanctuary in South Africa. Freya’s relocation to the Drakenstein Lion Park is simply…
Iran is reportedly making an attempt to supply uranium from West Africa, signaling an extra enlargement of its nuclear program. “There have been rumors that Iran is actively searching for mining licenses in Niger,” West African geopolitical analyst Dr. Olayinka Ajala stated. Iran is aiming to reap a whole lot of tonnes of uranium a…
On Monday afternoon, in entrance of the Pablo Picasso main college in Nanterre, within the western suburbs of Paris, the state of the electoral billboards revealed the voting development for the primary spherical of the legislative elections which occurred the day earlier than. On this social housing property of 14,000 inhabitants, primarily of overseas origins,…
The World Meteorological Group (WMO), the UN’s climate company, has revealed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which struck jap Africa final yr, is the longest-lasting cyclone on report. Lasting 36 days, Freddy surpassed the earlier report held by Hurricane John which lasted practically 30 days within the northern Pacific three many years in the past. Nevertheless,…
A brand new report from the Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals that Jap and Southern Africa is midway to reaching the protection objective of the World Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Goal 3. The area has protected 17.24 per cent of its terrestrial space, encompassing 5,544 protected and conserved areas over 2,618,967 sq. kilometres….
Almost a 12 months in the past, West Africa appeared alarmingly on the verge of struggle. The Financial Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS) was threatening “navy intervention” in Niger if the leaders of the nation’s July 26 coup didn’t instantly relinquish energy and free President Mohammed Bazoum. After the navy authorities in Niamey failed…
Local weather change’s outsized impression on North Africa Globally, North Africa is among the areas most affected by local weather change (File/AFP) North Africa is among the areas most affected by local weather change globally, with summer season temperatures predicted to rise by 4 levels Celsius over the following 50 years. Conventionally uncovered to greater…
Photographs from digicam traps in Udzungwa. From the left: Feminine leopard, hyena, male leopard. Credit score: Rasmus W. Havmøller Who’s stronger? A solitary leopard or cackle of hyenas? And which is finest at getting together with people? College of Copenhagen researchers intently studied this in a big East African pure space surrounded by rural settlements….
The green-brown savannahs of the Nairobi Nationwide Park, teaming with iconic East African wildlife that bask within the skyline of one among Africa’s most bustling cities, was the setting for the launch of a crucial publication by IUCN and the Regional Useful resource Hub. The State of Protected and Conserved Areas (SOPACA) report represents an…
In a transfer of unprecedented geopolitical consequence, the Brics grouping of countries has made the landmark resolution to broaden past its 5 founding members. Introduced on Thursday on the conclusion of the Brics summit in Johannesburg, host South Africa together with Brazil, Russia, India and China invited six nations to hitch the bloc – Egypt,…