China announces ban on ivory trade, new hope for Africa
China, the world’s largest ivory importer and trader on Friday announced the ban of all trade in ivory by the end of 2017. The move […]
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Africa’s Elephants Face Worst Drop, Report
Africa lost as many as 111,000 elephants over the last decade as a surge in poaching in the east of the continent caused the population’s […]
Malawi to relocate 500 elephants
Wildlife experts in Malawi will relocate up to 500 elephants to a sanctuary that they hope could eventually serve as a reservoir to restore some […]
Gabon: Record seizure of Ivory
Police in Gabon arrested two ivory traffickers in the capital Libreville with 206 kilograms of ivory taken from 21 slaughtered elephants, a wildlife protection group […]
Air France-KLM to make Abidjan a regional hub by 2025
Air France-KLM group on Tuesday said it expects to turn Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan into its West African regional hub within a decade. “In […]
Ivory Coast: Incumbent Ouattara re-elected in landslide victory
Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s incumbent president, was re-elected in the first round in a landslide victory, the Independent Electoral Commission said this Wednesday (Oct. 28.) […]
IMF downgrades Sub-Sahara’s growth forecast to 3.75% for 2015
In its latest African Economic Outlook released on Tuesday under the title “Dealing with the Gathering Clouds,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that sub-Saharan […]