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Botswana and Zambia, two premier wildlife destinations, recently banned all trophy hunting within a few months of each other. This move heralds a major shift in thinking about how Africa’s wildlife resources will be managed in the future. Why did they do this? In short: Corruption fueling unsustainable hunting and poaching that threatens species survival.…
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A year after voting for independence, South Sudan is at war with itself. A culture of cattle-raiding, twisted by automatic weapons, has caused thousands of deaths.
Posted by As we remember and honor today all the men and women who did war service, National Geographic has published A Soldier’s Sketchbook, the remarkable drawings and memories of Joseph Farris, an internationally published cartoonist whose works have appeared in the New Yorker and many other major publications.
Memories of Sudan
Posted by Cathy Hunter on June 24, 2011 
Sudan is in the news again, sadly as the result of another humanitarian crisis. In his eloquent, harrowing new book, Daoud Hari recounts his experiences working as translator during the genocide.
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According to the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace, several Libyan vessels, legally unauthorized to fish for the endangered bluefin tuna, have left Malta bound for Libyan waters. Their goal is to take advantage of the chaos in the country due to its civil war. That raises the question: is war bad for fish?
Photojournalist Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on April 22, 2011 Tim Hetherington, acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker, and co-director of “Restrepo” was killed Wednesday covering the ongoing conflict in Libya, along with fellow photojournalist Chris Hondros. His final update on Twitter read, “In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscrimate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.” More details are available on ABCNews.com and elsewhere. Tim…
Click here or the button above to go through to the official Web site of Gorilla.CD The plea went out to the world via email and Facebook yesterday: Heavy fighting in DR Congo’s Gorilla Park started at 0400 today local time between the rebels of Laurent Nkunda and the army. It has now totally engulfed our…
