CITES bans capture of baby elephants for sale abroad
An international conservation conference in Geneva has placed a near total ban on the capture of baby elephants for sale abroad. The United States joined Zimbabwe, the world’s largest exporter of elephants, in voting against the measure that will severely restrict trade in this endangered species. Conservationists are disappointed that the Convention on International Trade […]
Tanzania warns it will forcibly repatriate Burundian refugees
Tanzania warns it will forcibly repatriate nearly a quarter of million Burundian refugees if they have not gone home by the end of this month. This despite a plea by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees for Tanzania to respect international conventions on the rights of those seeking shelter. The Burundians fled into Uganda […]
Djibouti approaches powerful friends about getting a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council
Djibouti’s breaking African Union tradition in seeking a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council. Kenya got the continental body’s support in a secret ballot last week. But Djibouti, which has been passed over three times, now says it will seek support from its friends at the world organization. Somalia is believed to […]
African fires outnumber those in the Amazon rain forest
by Jean-Jacques Cornish Of course President Donald Trump would back his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro. They both put the short-term political benefit of climate change denialism above the long-term interests of generations too young to vote for them. And the man known as the Trump of the tropics showed at the G7 summit in Biarritz […]