30-million-year-old carnivorous predator once ruled ancient Africa
A leopard-sized “fearsome” predator that hunted early elephants 30 million years ago has been identified following the ...
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Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...
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Is There a Dinosaur Hiding Out in the Congo Rainforest?
For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...
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Pune Video: Elephant Ride At MLA Shankar Mandekar’s Felicitation Leads To Legal Action By Forest Department For Wildlife Protection Act Violation
The Forest Department has registered a case against the event organiser and the authorities of a Sangli-based temple for allegedly violating the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The Forest ...
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African leaders to meet on DR Congo crisis
Residents look at dozens of bodies being buried in a cemetery in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday. ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP NAIROBI — Leaders from southern and eastern African countries ...
What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
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Forest dept probes elephant procession in Pirangut
Pune: The state forest dept has launched a probe into an allegedly illegal elephant procession organised by Bhor MLA Shankar Mandekar's team in Pirangut on Sunday night. Department officials said ...
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Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict
Picture: AFP HARARE - The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, with calls for a collective response to the threat to regional ...
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African countries condemn attack on embassies in Congo
African countries on Tuesday condemned attacks on their diplomatic missions in the capital of the Congo as M23 rebels continued their offensive in Goma. Protesters attacked the French and US ...
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Indianapolis Prize finalists have shot at $250k for their work to save endangered animals
The Indianapolis Zoological Society has named six DeHaan finalists for its biennial Indianapolis Prize honoring animal conservationists from around the world. The finalists have spent their lives ...
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Rubio tells Rwandan president US wants ceasefire in Congo
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, on Monday in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict in more than a decade. "The Secretary urged an ...
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Rebels edging closer to taking key DR Congo city
who are in DR Congo as part of peacekeeping efforts, had died as a result of clashes with the M23. This brings the total number of South African deaths to 13. Malawi and Uruguay have also lost ...