Why a Tanzanian Village Chased Six Elephants Off a Cliff

Why a Tanzanian Village Chased Six Elephants Off a Cliff
Smithsonian
Illegal wildlife trade frequently makes headlines these days, but it's not the only potential danger to large animals. Animals like elephants or tigers can also be killed by locals who have no interest in poaching those species' body parts. Instead, such killings ...

Smithsonian

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

02 Jul

Elephants continue to wreak havoc in Bagamoyo village

Elephants continue to wreak havoc in Bagamoyo village
Daily News
ELEPHANTS suspected of coming from Saadani Game Reserve in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region continue wreaking havoc in Magome village, Pera ward, subjecting residents to great insecurity. Pera Ward Councillor, Mr Shukuru Mbato, said people who ...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

20 Aug

Man killed by elephants in northern Tanzania's village

Man killed by elephants in northern Tanzania's village
GlobalPost
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A herd of elephants wreaked havoc in northern Tanzania's district of Longido, killing one person and injuring several others, an official said on Wednesday. James Ole Millya, Longido District Commissioner, told Xinhua ...

 

11 years ago

Times LIVE

09 May

Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 years

Phys.Org
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 years
Times LIVE
Poachers are slaughtering Tanzania's elephants for their ivory at such alarming rates that the population could be completely wiped out in just seven years, conservationists told a conference Friday. Obama renews solar bid despite setbacks · Scientists hope ...
'30 elephants killed every day in Tanzania'News24
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 years: ConservationistsSBS

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11 years ago

The New Indian Express

09 May

Poaching Could Wipe Out Tanzanian Elephants in 7 Years: Group

Capital FM Kenya
Poaching Could Wipe Out Tanzanian Elephants in 7 Years: Group
The New Indian Express
Poachers are slaughtering Tanzania's elephants for their ivory at such alarming rates that the population could be completely wiped out in just seven years, conservationists told a conference Friday. The two-day UN-backed conference which opened today ...
World in Brief: 09/05/14Morning Star Online
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 yearsTimes LIVE

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Nov

Anudo is Tanzanian: village leaders

The Masinono Village authorities in Butiama District have confirmed that Mr Anudo Ochieng Anudo, who has been declared a prohibited immigrant (PI) in Tanzania, was born at the village.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

American and German Governments Partner with Tanzanian Government and Frankfurt Zoological Society to Save Elephants in the Selous

German Ambassador Egon Kochanke (second from left), Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism Lazaro Nyalandu (center), and U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress (right) talk with Tanzanian game scouts from the Selous Game Reserve at an equipment handover event in the Reserve on January 21, 2015.

 

10 years ago

Telegraph.Co.Uk

10 Oct

Tanzanian village burns alive seven suspected witches

Telegraph.co.uk
Tanzanian village burns alive seven suspected witches
Telegraph.co.uk
Seven people accused of witchcraft have been burned alive in Tanzania. Twenty-three people have been arrested in connection with the crimes, police said on Friday. “They were attacked and burnt to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of ...
Tanzania arrests 23 over killing of seven 'witches'BBC News
Seven witchcraft suspects burned to death in TanzaniaPakistan Today
Seven People Accused of Witchcraft...

 

9 years ago

The Star

21 Sep

Tanzanian witchdoctors step in as demons 'invade' Mombasa village

The Star
Tanzanian witchdoctors step in as demons 'invade' Mombasa village
The Star
Five witchdoctors stormed Mombasa's Kiembeni area on Sunday and started the exorcism of Roga Village, which residents believe was cursed. The witchdoctors from Tanzania, led by Abdalla Mshiiri alias Dr Kibunga, stripped and sang spiritual songs as ...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

25 Nov

How a $1.42 billion project failed to bring water to this Tanzanian village

GlobalPost
How a $1.42 billion project failed to bring water to this Tanzanian village
GlobalPost
A women in the rural Tanzanian village of Mtumbatu pushes a bicycle loaded with water up a hill. (Shannon Jensen/The GroundTruth Project/GlobalPost). Editor's note: This is Part Two of a series produced by The GroundTruth Project for GlobalPost, funded ...

 

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