Poaching levels are down but elephants’ survival is still threatened
On international World Wildlife Day, the group monitoring the poaching of African elephants says it still remains unacceptable high overall. The most serious threats are to elephant populations in Central and West Africa. The MIKE program of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, says elephant poaching has declined annually since its peak in […]
Kenyan military claims to have killed 57 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia
Kenya says its forces killed 57 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a battle in southern Somalia. The terror group, however, denies any of its fighters died in the clash. ends intro The Kenyan troops are under African Union command. They used artillery and helicopter gunships against the Islamists in Afmadow, a town about 100 km […]
Found not guilty, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may walk free
In a judgment that could see former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak walk free, he’s been found not guilty of killing protestors in the 2011 mass uprising that ended his 30 years in power. The appeals court simultaneously rejected calls by lawyers of the victims of the government crackdown to reopen civil suits. Hosni Mubarak […]