U.S. removal of hold on elephant trophy hunting imports to boost Namibia's wildlife conservation

Namibia's wildlife conservation efforts were this year boosted following the U.S. Government's removal of the unnecessary hold on the African elephant trophy hunting imports. The five-yea...

Ian Khama quits, trashes his BDP membership card in public

Botswana's former president Ian Khama on Saturday quit the governing BDP which has ruled since independence more than half a century ago, citing deep differences between him and his successor....

Botswana's elephants: myths vs facts

Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern African heads of state to forge a common regional elephant conservation policy. Since Masisi took over it...

Confusion over Botswana’s elephant population

Botswana’s parliament recently passed a motion considering lifting the ban on elephant trophy hunting, citing an increase in both the elephant population and human-elephant conflict (HEC) as their m...

U.S. the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies

The United States remains the biggest importer of trophy-hunted endangered animals in the world in spite of Donald Trump's recent public comments  overturning  a decision by the US Departmen...