Poaching to render 4m people jobless in Africa

IPPmedia
Poaching to render 4m people jobless in Africa - ministry
IPPmedia
Dr Adelhelm Meru, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism's permanent secretary, has warned that poaching could affect as many as 3.8 million tourism-sector jobs across Africa, including guides, drivers and hotel and restaurant staff. According ...
Ugandan Elephants' Long March to RecoveryAllAfrica.com
Tanzania Sees Tourism Decline as Elephant Poaching Deters GuestsBloomberg
Human-Elephant Conflict Needs More...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

13 Nov

The richest people in Africa: Mohammed Dewji named youngest billionaire in Africa

24. Mohammed Dewji

Net Worth: $2 BILLION

Industry: Diversified

Country of Citizenship: Tanzania 

Age: 39

Number of Jobs Created: 16,800

Mohammed Dewji has seen his net worth rise considerably over the past year as his MeTL group, a conglomerate in 11 countries with interests in trade, FMCG and manufacturing, undergoes significant expansion.

Click here to view the view the complete profile of Mohammed Dewji

 

10 years ago

Naharnet

25 Aug

Wildlife 'WikiLeaks' Targets Africa Poaching Elite

Wildlife 'WikiLeaks' Targets Africa Poaching Elite
Naharnet
Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants and rhinos with impunity are often shielded from police by powerful connections, but a group of conservationists has turned to the anonymity of tip-offs to try to stem the killing. The founders of WildLeaks -- a sort of ...

 

9 years ago

Fox News

08 Oct

'Queen of Ivory': Africa's infamous poaching mastermind nabbed

Fox News
'Queen of Ivory': Africa's infamous poaching mastermind nabbed
Fox News
JOHANNESBURG – Authorities in Africa hunted down one of their biggest trophies to date last week -- an ivory-trafficking mastermind they say is at the center of a trade that has seen more than 500,000 elephants killed for their tusks in recent decades.
East Africa: Tanzania Arrests EA's Most Wanted Ivory TraffickerAllAfrica.com
8 Oct, 12:10 - Police Arrest Most Wanted Ivory TraffickerUganda Radio Network
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9 years ago

Headlines &Amp; Global News

01 Nov

Shetani 'The Devil,' Africa's Biggest Elephant Poaching Kingpin, Arrested In ...

Headlines & Global News
Shetani 'The Devil,' Africa's Biggest Elephant Poaching Kingpin, Arrested In ...
Headlines & Global News
Shetani the elephant-poaching kingpin, who ran a network of 15 criminal poaching and ivory smuggling syndicates, was arrested Thursday in Tanzania. By Tracy Hughey | Oct 31, 2015 12:07 PM EDT. Elephant And Her Calf. Poachers are responsible for 96 ...
Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poachingCNN
Tanzania gets 'The Devil' in crackdown on elephant...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

19 Dec

Africa Focus: Southern Tanzania's wildlife sanctuaries see less elephant poaching

GlobalPost
Africa Focus: Southern Tanzania's wildlife sanctuaries see less elephant poaching
GlobalPost
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Elephant poaching in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania's southern highlands has gone down for the past one year due to what game experts described as effective surveillance systems. The two wildlife sanctuaries ...

 

5 years ago

BBC

18 Mar

Leroy Brewer: South Africa hunt rhino poaching investigator's killers

South Africa's police chief pays tribute to Lt Col Leroy Brewer after he is shot dead in an ambush.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Africa 'no continent for old people'

A new index suggests that African countries are among the world's worst places to be old in. Here is the story in 15 seconds.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Oct

One out of 4 people in Africa a victim of hunger, WFP says

Africa still has some of the highest rates of malnutrition and if nothing is done to curb the high numbers, there will be 40 million children malnourished by the year 2020, Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, has said.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

Jobless youth: where did the jk billions go?

The 2014 African Economic Outlook presents data that should give the continent’s leaders food for thought.

 

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