Damn the dam!

UNITED NATIONS

En route to justice

The colonial reality show

Meat of the matter

The last herd

Namibia

Skulls returned

How visionary scientist Bernie Fanaroff put African astronomy on the map

He made a breakthrough discovery about radio galaxies during his PhD in eary 1970s

Chinese nationals accused of driving Namibia’s wildlife to extinction

They are allegedly involved in escalating poaching of rhinos and elephants in Namibia and the illegal export of rhino horn and ivory

NAMIBIA

Nambia

Outrunning survival

Three of Namibia’s most famous lion family were poisoned – why?

Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia

Rhino under hammer

Auction>> Rhino Hunt • US/Namibia

Lucky 13?

Will CITES become an endangered convention? Can it redefine its relevance?

News Snippets

Namibia rejects Russian company’s mining permit

Raises environmental concerns over extraction methods

Lagoon blues

A dozen cheetahs to arrive on February 18; Indian delegates to leave for South Africa today

Cheetahs will be airlifted from Gwalior to Kuno to avoid the stress of road travel

Farmers at Singhu and Tikri have a host of global peasant revolts to look up to

As the farmer protests continue in Delhi, we examine other instances in world history when cultivators have rebelled

News Snippets

Poor access to healthcare hits HIV eradication goal

UNICEF says its global goal of reducing new HIV infections in children by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2015 is still out of reach

Namibia continues to struggle to check infant mortality rate

Chances of bringing down infant mortality rate from the current 44 deaths per 1,000 live births to 30 by the 2015 deadline for millennium …

African nations sign agreements to conserve water

Four African nations sign two separate agreements to rejuvenate rivers