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High-profile wildlife trafficking case tests Malawi’s conservation commitment
Mongabay
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June 10, 2025
In 2021, Malawian authorities arrested and sentenced Chinese national Lin Yunhua, a key figure in an international wildlife trafficking syndicate, to 14 years in prison for possession of pangolin scales, rhino horns and ivory. Recently unearthed...
All welcome to ‘Leap of Faith’ at West Parish Congo Church
The Bethel Citizen - Maine
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June 10, 2025
BETHEL — The community is invited to a Faith and Film potluck and screening of the documentary movie “Leap of Faith” on Friday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at West Parish Congregational UCC, Church Street, Bethel. A discussion will follow the movie. “Leap...
Liberia’s citizen scientists celebrate the country’s biodiversity
Front Page Africa
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June 9, 2025
On a rainy morning eight years ago, a group of nature enthusiasts woke up early on a Sunday morning to look for birds. The gathering, organised by the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL), was supported by the then-German...
CoP tackles illegal quarrying
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 6, 2025
Editorial Newsday 32 Minutes Ago Heavy machinery at the site of an illegal quarry in East Trinidad on July 2. - Photo courtesy TTPS IT shouldn’t have taken a Sunday Newsday report on June 29 for the police to tackle the pollution of the Guanapo...
Sandy Gall: Journalist who took on war zones around the world
The Independent
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July 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
BRICS summit in Brazil to champion multilateralism amid trade tensions
Daily News Egypt
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July 6, 2025
Leaders of the growing BRICS group of nations are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, with the bloc aiming to present itself as a defender of multilateralism. The leaders,...
From Bad to Worse
The Good Men Project - California
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July 6, 2025
By Sy Boles | Harvard Staff Writer | Harvard Gazette Harvard faculty recommend bios of infamous historical figures Writing biographies of bad people is challenging, said Harvard historian Fredrik Logevall. “Somehow monsters must be made to be...
Work around HS2 continues to cause damage
Ham and High
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Community protesters have been highlighting this for many years, even as early as pointing out the misrepresentations to parliament in the Hybrid Bill of February 2017 itself that gave carte blanche for the destruction of the environment along the...
KAFUE NATIONAL PARK LISTED FOR MOLECULAR ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
Times of Zambia
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By JOSEPH BANDA ZAMBIA’S Kafue National Park has been listed as one of the five parks where African Parks is conducting the Molecular Ecological Network Analysis (MENA) to understand relationships between different wildlife species by analysing...
On recent heatwave in Africa!
The Point
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Scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Climate Central found that climate change had also doubled the number of heatwaves in the world. The research also identified 67 extreme heat events that...
FOCAC: Xi, Nguesso Send Congratulatory Letters To Ministerial Meeting Of Coordinators On Implementation Of Follow-up Actions
The Sun Nigeria
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June 28, 2025
By Aidoghie Paulinus On June 11, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, sent ongratulatory letters o the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up...
How New Regional Pipeline Deals Are Driving Africa's Energy Future
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Three significant developments in Africa's energy landscape made headlines this past month: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) reached 60% completion, the Republic of Congo finalized a pipeline cooperation agreement...
CoP Guevarro leads police operation at illegal quarry site
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 3, 2025
News Ken Chee Hing 4 Hrs Ago ILLEGAL QUARRYING: Heavy machinery at the site of an illegal quarry in East Trinidad. - Photo courtesy TTPS DAYS after a Newsday report highlighted the major pollution of a the environmentally-sensitive Guanapo River,...
Cameroon's Hidden Green Treasures Unveiled In A Book
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a powerful moment for conservation, the book “Important Plant Areas of Cameroon” was officially launched on 18 June during UK - Cameroon Climate Week. This groundbreaking publication reveals a stunning yet sobering reality:...
iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10
The Register
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The sixth generation of the Fairphone repairable mobile was launched at the end of June. Now spunger-flingers iFixit have got their hands on it, and liked the result. The pleasure of an easy charge port swap (click to enlarge) – image courtesy...
TTPS Responds To Illegal Quarrying And Mining Activities In North-Eastern Trinidad
TTT Live Online
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July 3, 2025
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) acknowledges recent reports highlighting illegal quarrying and mining activities in the Sangre Grande, Valencia, and Manuel Congo regions. These unauthorised operations have raised significant...
Police probe illegal quarrying in Sangre Grande
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro led a targeted operation on Wednesday in response to reports of illegal quarrying and mining in the Sangre Grande, Valencia, and Manuel Congo regions. The Trinidad and Tobago...
How to avoid tick bites this summer
SUR in English
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July 3, 2025
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 20:32 Compartir The arrival of warm weather means that we wear fewer clothes and have more exposed skin. It is precisely the heat and humidity that are conducive to the proliferation of ticks, a dark brown parasite the size...
TTPS investigating reports of illegal quarrying, mining in northeastern Trinidad
Loop News
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The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has confirmed that investigations are actively underway to ascertain the extent of any criminal conduct associated with recent reports highlighting illegal quarrying and mining activities in the Sangre...
Crashes, Deaths Cast Pall Over Zimbabwe’s Air Force
The Zimbabwean
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July 2, 2025
In his final communication with ground control, he shouted “fire” and “aircraft uncontrollable,” an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) source told news website ZimLive. A veteran of the Second Congo War, Ncube was a retired squadron leader who rejoined...