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Hwange lion killings ‘undermine conservation efforts’
Cape Town – Two endangered lionesses have been killed after being lured out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to…
Author Oscar Nkala
Oscar Nkala
Oscar is a Zimbabwean journalist with 17 years in print, broadcast and on-line media. He is a specialised conservation journalist working in wildlife crimes investigations across Southern Africa. Oscar is Bureau Chief for the African News Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, and is the Africa Correspondent for international media organisations from SA, USA and UK which offer specialised coverage of mining, engineering, defence and aerospace/aviation news.
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Why are elephants in Northern Botswana migrating south into previously unoccupied habitat?
Elephants from national parks in northern Botswana have started migrating south, deep into the semi-arid Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR),…
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Botswana Budget Cuts Imperil Anti-Poaching
Botswana’s world acclaimed anti-poaching success story is being threatened by budget cuts that have forced the Department of Wildlife and…
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Trophy Hunting: unethical Namibian hunters to blame for poor image
Hunters who engage in unethical and illegal practices are largely to blame for the decline in the “overall acceptance” of…
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Botswana resolute under fire from EU and SADC Hunters
Tshekedi Khama,Botswana Minister of Natural Resources and Environment says his country is under unprecedented pressure from the pro-hunting lobby in the…
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Ten spotted Hyenas saved from illegal export to China
Ten hyenas that were seized by customs authorities at the Harare Airport from a Chinese businessman as he tried to…
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The great emptiness is upon us
Fifteen months after Zimbabwe’s two infamous lion killings earned the Lower Dete Valley its reputation as the graveyard of Hwange…
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Poaching upsurge pushes pangolin closer to extinction
Despite the arrests and long-term sentences passed on several Zimbabwean pangolin capturers, dealers and traffickers over the past year, conservationists believe the…
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How to steal an ivory stockpile
Zimbabwean parks employees allegedly managed to steal ivory from the Hwange stockpile since 2012 and export it to international trafficking…
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Chinese demand drives Zambia’s ‘amateur’ ivory gangs
Dwindling elephant numbers and heightened demand for ivory from Chinese trafficking syndicates are fuelling a cross-border poaching war in the…