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African rangers and a sniffer dog combating poaching in wildlife reserves.

Africa Fights Back Against Wildlife Poachers, But Drought Is Devastating

By Guy Dinmore Elephant populations are starting to recover in parts of Africa as law enforcement agencies and local communities turn the tide in their long-running battle against wildlife poachers and traffickers. But criminal gangs are constantly shifting tactics and exploiting other species, while the greatest threat now is posed by the severe drought devastating swathes […]

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Drought-stressed crops in an African field under a partly cloudy sky.

Africa’s Drought Reaches Far Beyond The Horn Of Africa, Says ForAfrika

Hundreds of thousands of people could die of starvation if the extent of Africa’s food security crisis is not recognised, says Isak Pretorius, CEO of the largest indigenous African non-governmental organisation, ForAfrika. “The food crisis – and rising malnutrition – affecting our continent is real and pressing, and I urge people of conscience to rally […]

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Women discussing sustainable tree planting and conservation efforts in rural Africa.

Money Grows On Trees–Don’t Uproot Them

By Friday Phiri Combating Desertification And Drought Jennifer Handondo, a small scale farmer of Choma district in southern Zambia, plants food crops such as maize mostly for her family’s needs. Because of uncharacteristically high temperatures and low rainfall during the rainy season in March, the divorced mother who single-handedly supports her three children, has not been […]

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