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While working in the tourism industry, we were often asked: "Should I go on safari to East Africa or Southern Africa?" The answer is never easy because there are many factors to consider.First, let me define the regions: East Africa encompasses…

On December 2, authorities in Zambia arrested alleged ivory trafficker Ben Simasiku, a Zambian national and one of nine fugitives targeted by INTERPOL’s Operation Infra Terra, the first fugitive operation to specifically pursue individuals…

AWF Working Papers, 2005.

The recent remarks by Botswana President H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi regarding the potential export of elephants to Germany have ignited a long-overdue debate that the world has evaded for far too long. Regardless of whether his comments were perceived…

The African Wildlife Foundation and Nature’s Best Photography tapped a diverse cadre of wildlife photographers, filmmakers, leading conservationists, and prominent safari guides to serve as judges for the 2022 Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife…

Launch of the airport's first canine team to detect illegal wildlife and wildlife products enabled through partnership between the African Wildlife Foundation and the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority. The Ethiopian Wildlife…

​​​Life and research in the villagesAs I mentioned in my last blog, the last two villages that I am surveying are Satau and Parakarungu in Botswana. As these villages are so far from Kasane where I am staying, Georginah’s (my translator) mother has…

On April 8, 2004, AWF presented the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) with camping equipment and uniforms worth $74,000 to assist wildlife protection in Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. The equipment includes camping tents, tarpaulins, mosquito netting,…

Gosiame Neo-Mahupeleng, a native of northern Botswana, joined AWF in December of 2002 and has recently launched a project studying large carnivores in AWF's Kazungula Heartland. His research will focus in Chobe National Park in northeastern Botswana…

Camera in hand, Becky traveled across Kazungula's landscapes and shared her experiences with AWF. Here she circles Victoria Falls between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabawe from a helicopter. During summer 2011, AWF Intern…

Nations and conservationists must step up their vigilance against illegal ivory sales and the poaching of elephants in the wake of the Nov. 15 decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to allow one-time ivory…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has onboarded two former African heads of state — H.E. Issoufou Mahamadou, former President of Niger, and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Ethiopian Prime Minister — to the organization’s global board of…

It was a significant moment for wildlife conservation: Namibia on April 9 was permitted to auction off over 12 tons of elephants tusks, the first legal sale of ivory since a ban halted international trade nine years ago.Four days later Zimbabwe put…

Besides Lupani Primary School and Machenje Fishing Lodge, a number of other key AWF projects—in this area that includes Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—are bringing benefits to wildlife and people in the Kazungula…

Sometime in early 2008, tons of African ivory will be sold at auction to Japan. Despite the international ban on the trade, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia will be allowed a one-time purge of their stockpiled ivory. Conservationists hope the sale…