[ad_1] Johannesburg — The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened U.S. tech giant Apple with legal action over what it says are “illegally exploited” minerals from the impoverished nation in its products. U.S. and French lawyers representing the DRC’s government sent a letter to Apple on April 22 warning the company it could…
[ad_1] Sierra Leone, a West African country, is in crisis due to the menace caused by a highly addictive psychoactive drug, xylazine, sometimes known as “tranq”. The country’s president, Julius Maada Bio, has declared a national emergency over rampant abuse of the ‘Zombie Drug’. Often dubbed ‘Kush’, the drug has shook the nation as the…
[ad_1] Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday (April 3) threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany. The statement came after Germany, earlier this year, proposed to enact stricter limits on the import of trophies from hunting animals. In an interview with German tabloid Bild, President Masisi said such a move by Germany — one of…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Iron ore miner NMDC Ltd is exploring lithium assets in Africa and Australia and is currently in negotiations, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. “We are a government company and we want to use the reservation route instead of auctions,” the source said, referring to taking over…
[ad_1] A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research published Thursday. The study highlights the potentially profound impacts of invasive species, which are spreading at an increasing rate as human activities give…
[ad_1] Johannesburg — It seems hard to believe that Africa’s biggest killer is a tiny insect, but almost every minute, an African child dies with malaria. The continent bears the brunt of the mosquito-borne disease, with 95% of the fatal cases recorded every year, and children under the age of 5 make up about 80% of…
[ad_1] The Endangered Species Act at 50 The Endangered Species Act at 50 02:32 African raptors that hunt during the day face an extinction crisis, with populations decreasing among dozens of species of birds of prey, researchers said in a study published Thursday. Researchers used data from the last 40 years to analyze the populations…
[ad_1] Uganda left behind continental favourites Zimbabwe in Africa to punch their maiden ticket to the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held next year in the US and the West Indies. Uganda and Namibia finished ahead of Zimbabwe to book the two available spots for ICC’s showpiece event in the shortest format…
[ad_1] Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that sets them up for more potential conflicts with mostly nocturnal competing predators such as lions and leopards, say the authors of research published…
[ad_1] Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage of eggs and poultry for consumers, the government and national poultry association said Tuesday. At least 205,000 chickens have died from…
