Three Kruger Park employees arrested for alleged rhino poaching
Three employees of South Africa’s premier national park have been arrested for alleged rhino poaching. They’ll appear next week after a joint operation by National Parks Board and police operatives found them in possession of hunting rifles, ammunition and poaching equipment. Most of the nearly 800 rhino poached in South Africa this year have been […]
UN urges change course on climate change
At the opening of a United Nations summit, Secretary General of the world organisation Ban Ki-moon’s called on leaders to set a new course on climate change. Heads of state and government from 120 countries gathered at UN headquarters in New York after more than 100 000 people in the Big Apple joined one of the […]
China sells more torture tools to Africa
Amnesty International says China’s increasing exports of tools of torture to African countries. The human rights watchdog’s calling for a ban on the sale of shock guns, spiked metal batons and leg and neck shackles. The Amnesty International study says the number of state-owned Chinese companies making tools of torture has quadrupled this past decade. […]