Kenya Records Highest Illegal Killings of Rhino in Recent Times

Kenya has recorded the highest illegal rhino killings measured in recent times with poaching hitting the critical 1 percent of the rhino population in 2009 for the first time in 25 years, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) revealed on Monday.

Asia And Africa See a Surge in Rhino Poaching

Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The trade is being driven by Asian demand for horns and is made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers,...

African Leaders to Meet on Climate Change in Ethiopia

The second meeting of the Committee of Ten African Heads of States and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) will be held on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CAHOSCC are Algeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda...