Africa | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Africa | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 Cyclone Freddy Floods Three African Countries, Kills 579 https://ens-newswire.com/cyclone-freddy-floods-three-african-countries-kills-579/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:13:24 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98511 BLANTYRE, Malawi, March 21, 2023 (ENS) – Tropical Cyclone Freddy is a record-breaking storm that has astonished meteorologists with its longevity. As part of its final act, the cyclone unleashed [...]

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]]> Monkeypox Declared a Global Public Health Emergency https://ens-newswire.com/monkeypox-declared-a-global-public-health-emergency/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 22:06:02 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97420 GENEVA, Switzerland, July 24, 2022 (ENS) –  The ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared [...]

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]]> Africa Starves Under The Blazing Sun https://ens-newswire.com/africa-starves-under-the-blazing-sun/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 22:21:31 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97127 DUBLIN, Ireland, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – Trucking water into communities who are somehow surviving the drought gripping the East African country of Somalia, has got Ireland’s largest aid organization [...]

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]]> Police, Diplomats Form United Front for Endangered Wildlife https://ens-newswire.com/police-diplomats-form-united-front-for-endangered-wildlife/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:07:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96531 BEIJING, China, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – The endangered animals and plants protected by the global treaty known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, now have [...]

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]]> World Wetlands Day: Guarding the ‘Most Threatened Ecosystem’ https://ens-newswire.com/world-wetlands-day-guarding-the-most-threatened-ecosystem/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:24:32 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96333 GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2022 (ENS) – In 2020 wildfires destroyed 30 percent of the Pantanal, South America’s largest wetland extending across Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. For the last 60 [...]

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]]> Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist https://ens-newswire.com/vietnam-cracks-down-on-wildlife-trafficking-but-crimes-persist/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:37:23 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95408 LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn [...]

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]]> NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months https://ens-newswire.com/new-york-trafficker-in-protected-african-cats-gets-18-months/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 01:58:47 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95055 BUFFALO, New York, October 23, 2021 (ENS) – A conviction for trafficking African wild cats has landed a New York man in prison for 18 months for violating two federal [...]

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]]> Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry https://ens-newswire.com/marshall-islands-key-to-sustainable-global-tuna-industry/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 22:19:36 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95006 MAJURO, Marshall Islands, October 17, 2021 (ENS) – In an advance for tuna conservation, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has chosen Pacific Island Tuna, based in the Marshall Islands, to [...]

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]]> African Elephants Classed as Two Species, Both Endangered https://ens-newswire.com/african-elephants-classed-as-two-species-both-endangered/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:19:59 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93157 GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest [...]

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]]> Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta https://ens-newswire.com/paradise-closing-oil-drilling-begins-in-okavango-delta/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:17:52 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93016  

WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath [...]

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