Author: Emma Ogao

LONDON — Namibia has announced that it will cull 723 wild animals to feed parts of its population as it grapples with its worst drought in 100 years. In a statement, Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said a total of 723 animals are set to be culled: 30 hippos, 60 buffalo, 50 impalas, […]

LONDON and CAIRO — The commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, Mohamed Dagalo, accused Egypt of involvement in the civil war in Sudan, claiming that the Egyptian military has conducted airstrikes against the paramilitary group’s troops. “Egypt is fighting us,” Dagalo — who is commonly known as Hemedti — said in a […]

LONDON — Since May, North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, has been under siege. “El Fasher was a city of refuge, a city of refugees and home to the displaced,” Yasin, a former resident, told to ABC News over the phone. “It was a shelter; people came from different parts of Darfur. But soon it turned […]

LONDON — A team of over ten vets – including specialist surgeons, anaesthetists, and animal keepers – have on Thursday performed what they described as a ground-breaking world-first surgery on a Rhino with a broken leg. Amara is an almost 2-year old Southern white rhino whose home is the Knowsley Safari Park near Prescot, in […]

LONDON — A capybara that went missing from her enclosure in Telford, United Kingdom, was located on Wednesday after sparking a dayslong search. Cinnamon, a “beloved” Capybara, escaped from her enclosure at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World on Friday, Sept. 14, sparking a dayslong search with teams “working round the clock” to locate her. “We […]

LONDON — The U.S. said it is “gravely concerned” following a “large-scale escalation” of fighting in El Fasher, capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, amid a civil war that has been raging in the North African country for more than a year. Initial reports of escalating fighting began to surface on Sept, 12 following what […]

LONDON — Animal rights activists are calling for the release of an orca who has been living in Argentina’s largest aquarium for over 30 years. The orca named Kshamenk, pronounced Shamenk, is the last captive orca in all of Latin America, living in Buenos Aries’ Mundo Marino aquarium since his rescue in 1992. Recently, viral […]

LONDON — A local guard force member who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Sudan died while in the custody of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs said. Tarig Hassan Ahmed, the guard, who worked at the embassy in Khartoum, was described as a “dedicated” and “respected” colleague and […]

LONDON — An estimated 52 million metric tons of global plastic waste emissions are produced every year, a new study by the University of Leeds has found. The study, using artificial intelligence to model waste management in 50,702 municipalities across the world, is one of the most detailed global inventories of plastic pollution ever done, […]

LONDON — Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, authorities have announced. Cheptegei — who had been receiving treatment at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret City, Kenya — succumbed to her injuries after sustaining burns to almost 80% […]