Human-wildlife conflict: Tanzania opts for rapid-response measures instead of culling already endangered elephant species
Tanzania has ruled out elephant culling as a strategy to control rising human-wildlife conflict. Instead it is scaling up rapid-response measures to protect communities from destructive raids, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has said. Addressing parliament in Dodoma on Thursday, Nchemba said the government would not adopt proposals to kill elephants...
Before slave trade was abolished in USA, slaves on plantation farms in Texas would receive 150 lashes for offence of dancing without a permit
Hall kept a white overseer and a Black driver beneath him. The driver was an enslaved man given authority to push other enslaved people harder, a position that sat at one of the cruellest intersections slavery could produce.
UN reopens office in Khartoum after Sudanese army pushed out paramilitary Rapid Support Force of capital
For his part, Associate Administrator of the UNDP Xu Haoliang said the return of UN agencies to Khartoum represents important support for Sudan in the current phase.
Transatlantic rifts: US allies tell Trump NATO ‘is not an interventionist alliance’ as they decline to join war against Iran
Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles told parliament that the United States and Israel “cannot be the ones who decide what rules apply in the world.” She described the military campaign against Iran as falling outside international law.
Election jitters push presidency in Kenya to intensify citizen and voter registration led by senior state officials
GI-TOC investigation also blacklist frontier counties and towns in eastern and western Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Daadab Refugee Camp, Mombasa and UN offices in the capital, Nairobi, as the hubs where illegal national documents are given to foreigners at a fee – often hefty bribes.
UN warns civilian casualties and severe constraints on aid operations worsening crisis in Lebanon, Gaza and West Bank
UN peacekeepers along the Blue Line, known as UNIFIL, describe the situation as bleak and concerning. UNIFIL said the Israel Defence Forces have expanded their incursion westward, with tanks and clashes reported in Sector West, roughly 12 km north of the Blue Line.
Farmers in Homa Bay County diversify into beekeeping as LBDA and Hive Ltd roll out honey project
LBDA Managing Director Wyclife Ochiaga said the authority will spearhead the initiative by coordinating partners, providing infrastructure and ensuring farmers have access to reliable markets.
Kenya: Row between Senate and Council of Governors deepens as regional supremoes demand rescindment of arrest threats
Abdullahi announced that as many as 43 out of the 47 governors had earlier signed a memorandum raising concerns about alleged extortion, harassment, intimidation and embarrassment during appearances before Senate committees.
Kenya eyes booming world meat market as it steps up livestock disease detection, treatment
Following the workshop, a report and a roadmap outlining key actions, partnerships and investment opportunities will be produced. By improving access to reliable disease testing, these efforts aim to keep animals healthy, strengthen farmer livelihoods, and better protect Kenya against future outbreaks that could affect both animals and humans.
Distraught police officer at Kisumu Police Lines commits suicide, renews concern over mental health of security personnel
Kisumu Central OCS Benson Matheka said preliminary findings indicate that the officer died by suicide.