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The opposition in South Sudan announced that one of its military bases near the capital Juba was bombed on Monday night, while Washington expressed “deep concern” over escalating violence. The clashes between forces loyal to President Salva...
(Reuters) - Aid workers said that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is at war with the Sudanese army, has imposed new restrictions on aid delivery to areas where it seeks to strengthen its control,...

Baby elephant separated from mother rescued in Indonesia

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities rescued a critically endangered baby Sumatran elephant after it became separated from its mother at a palm oil plantation, a...

Rare wildlife species found in Cambodian national park

x survey work uncovered fauna ranging from pangolins to critically endangered large-antlered muntjacs inside Virachey National Park, a relatively untouched haven for biodiversity. The more...

Algerians campaign to save treasured songbird from hunters

Sétif (Algeria) (AFP) – With its vivid plumage and sweet trill, the goldfinch has long been revered in Algeria, but the national obsession has also...

New Zealand scientists dissect world’s rarest whale

Wellington (AFP) – New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven...

‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace and food

Cape Town (AFP) – Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of...

Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Paris (AFP) – Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a...

Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows

Oslo (AFP) – Norwegian authorities on Friday rolled out fresh restrictions on wild salmon fishing for 2025 after stocks hit record lows in recent years,...

Indonesia arrests man for selling rhino horn via social media

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities arrested a man trying to sell elephant tusks and the horns of critically endangered rhinos via social media. The illegal wildlife...

Apes to stay at home as Malaysia tweaks ‘orangutan diplomacy’

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia is inviting countries that buy its palm oil to adopt orangutans but leave them in their natural habitat, local media...

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube Delta

Mahmudia (Romania) (AFP) – Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in a part of Romania's...

Giraffes bring peace to Kenyan communities once at odds

Baringo (Kenya) (AFP) – On a vast farm in Kenya's Rift Valley, a veterinarian carefully takes aim before shooting a tranquiliser dart and sending another...

How restoration can help coral reefs

Koh Tao (Thailand) (AFP) – Record-high sea temperatures are bleaching coral reefs worldwide and putting a new focus on attempts to restore these key marine...

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