It is no way to kick off World Rhino Day. Little Bahati, from Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, had already been the victim of rhino poachers when they shot and killed his mother last year, taking her horns and orphaning the defenceless rhino calf.  …
African heads of state will soon be gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa, alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
Following is a quick Q&A…
If there are vultures circling above, there is a good chance you’ll find a fresh animal kill nearby.
Vultures not only provide an indicator for potential predator viewing, but also play an essential part in the ecosystem,…
My flight from Nairobi, Kenya to South Africa is filled with Kenyan Delegates, heading to the UNFCCC COP 17. Quite a mouthful of an acronym: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties 17. Delegates from around…
A photo diary from Becky Walter, an AWF intern in the field. Click on any of the stunning images below to view it in full size."While in Botswana with Enterprise Officer Wilfred, we visited Ngoma Lodge. A new lodge, Ngoma is nestled into the…
Up to 130,000 elephants roam the wild lands of Botswana – and that is not counting transient herds moving across country boundaries in the region. As a significant range state, Botswana was the only nation in southern Africa to support a total and…
It’s long been my belief that rhino poaching is a painful abstraction for most of us with an interest in African wildlife. We see the gruesome photographs of de-horned animals on the Internet and read the news clips about the…