Johannesburg (AFP) - The world's biggest conference on the international wildlife trade got underway Saturday in Johannesburg, but African countries lashed out at Western charities for dictating how they should protect their elephants. Over the next 12 days thousands of conservationists and top government officials will thrash out internationa ...
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Gabon's foreign minister on Saturday used his address at the United Nations to call on world governments to help rebuild his country's unity after the contested re-election of President Ali Bongo. Rebuilding ties and the unity of the country is what is required at this moment, Foreign Minister Emmanuel Is ...
Rabat (AFP) - They were among Morocco's best-known natural wonders: two immense rock archways towering over Legzira beach on the Atlantic coast. But on Friday afternoon one of them collapsed. A massive pile of red rubble now sits where the famous archway used to stand, dominating the popular beach near Sidi Ifni, south of Agadir. Often cited ...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping on Saturday slammed the validation of President Ali Bongo's election by the country's Constitutional Court as a miscarriage of justice . Ping accused the court of bias during a press conference following its ruling in the early hours of Saturday upholding Bongo's victory in the contested Au ...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping on Saturday slammed the validation of President Ali Bongo's election by the country's Constitutional Court as a miscarriage of justice . Ping accused the court of bias during a press conference following its ruling in the early hours of Saturday upholding Bongo's victory in the contested Au ...
Consitutional court says it retallied votes but could not recount them because all ballots were burned immediately after counting The Bongo family will extend its 50-year rule over Gabon after the country rsquo;s constitutional court ruled Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of last month rsquo;s contested election. The court said it had ...
Johannesburg (AFP) - Rainford Kalaba is a potential match-winner when TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo confront Etoile Sahel of Tunisia on Sunday for a CAF Confederation Cup final place. African giants Mazembe and Etoile, winners of the two major CAF club competitions last year, are level at 1-1 on aggregate going into the second l ...
Johannesburg (AFP) - Thousands of conservationists and government officials open talks in Johannesburg on Saturday to thrash out regulating international trade in elephant ivory, rhino horn and hundreds of endangered wild animals and plants. The booming illegal trade of wildlife has put huge pressure on a treaty signed by more than 180 countries ...
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