Kenya’s envoy to UN raps Russia for invading Ukraine; says it reminds Africa of its past and risks stoking ‘embers of dead empires’
Russia’s move to recognise breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as “republics” drew a sharp rebuke from Kenyan UN Ambassador Martin Kimani, who used a speech at the UN Security Council to recount the perils of clinging to vestiges of empire. Kimani said Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected diplomacy in favour...
Endangered species: Illegal trade in cheetahs has reduced global population to less than 7,500 in the wild
Supporting wildlife law enforcement in developing practical skills and guiding interagency cooperation in the Horn of Africa and Middle East regions is critical to ending the illegal wildlife trade in live cheetah cubs. Consequently, the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and Legal Atlas (LA)...
Birds ‘talk’ but is theirs a language? In their cheeps, trills and tweets scientists find parallels with human speech
In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes. But when it comes to understanding the quintessentially human capacity for language, scientists are finding that the most tantalising clues lay farther afield. An explosion of research is finding that...
