How natural resources breed violence
AFRICA is home to a tenth of the planet’s oil, a third of its mineral reserves and produces two-thirds of its diamonds. High prices may...
Hunters Bagged 10,000 Lions in Africa Since 2003, Trophy Data Show
Given that in Africa wild lions are in catastrophic decline–the latest International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figures...
Is trophy hunting really sustainable?
Throughout history, human beings have killed wild animals to defend, avenge, profit or feed themselves. They still do. But there are a...
How to Save Elephants: Obliterate Ivory Stockpiles Simultaneously
To save African elephants from extinction, “range states should put their ivory stockpiles beyond commercial use immediately and...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 40) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AUGUST 2015
Welcome to the August issue of the Armed Con- flict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Con- flict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
Many African universities swept up in Islamic extremism
African higher education systems have become casualties of war, caught in the crossfire of Islamic fundamentalism that cuts across the...
How Killing Elephants Finances Terror in Africa
When the American Museum of Natural History wanted to update the hall of North American mammals, taxidermist George Dante got the call....
Who Buys Ivory? You’d Be Surprised
A new international survey reveals what’s really driving the demand side of the ivory market. The majority of people who buy products...
Zimbabwe says Cecil the Lion hunt was definitely illegal
Parks Authority believes that the use of a bow and an arrow “was meant to conceal the illegal hunt by using a means that would not alert...
