Arusha News
AfDB funds construction of Arusha road
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is funding the construction of the 120-km Namanga-Arusha-Moshi-Holili road in Rombo district in north-eastern Tanzania. Situated in the Kilimanjaro region near the...
Cape Town News
Increased shark spotting in Cape Town
The city of Cape Town is considering plans to increase its shark spotting programme to include the Kogel Bay area after a great white shark killed a South African body-boarder there recently. The inci...
Arusha News
Surge in cell phone users in Tanzania
The number of mobile phone users in Tanzania is expected to grow from the current 21 million to over 36 million by 2015, according to a report from UK-based independent analysts Business Monitor Inter...
Addis Ababa News
The city is to relocate the Lion Zoo Park to a new site at Peacock Park in the Bole area of the capital. The 30 million birr deal between the city administration and local firm Defense Construction En...
Cape Town News
Cape Town reminds residents to register pets
Cape Town has appealed to pet owners to register all dogs and cats kept on their property, in line with the city’s Animal Bylaw 2010.
Pet owners can register either online or manually, and th...
Arusha News
Increased wildlife poaching in Tanzania
An increasing amount of animals are being poached in the protected areas under the jurisdiction of Tanapa, the authority charged with managing Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam News
Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam
Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam
Accra News
Accra's stray animals to be impounded
Strict new measures relating to animal welfare have been introduced by the Accra Metropolitan Public Health Department (MPHD) of the city's metropolitan assembly. Enforced by the police, all stray ani...
Cape Town News
Cape Town seeks funding to control baboons
Cape Town's city authorities plan to go to court to seek funding to establish a control programme for its baboons, known for their aggressive behaviour and vandalism of residential property and cars....
Dar Es Salaam News
Kihansi Spray Toads Return to Tanzania
A critically endangered species of amphibian native to Tanzania has made a tentative comeback in the country. 100 Kihansi spray toads have now been returned from the United States to Tanzania where th...
Arusha News
Arusha residents to see flamingo film
Arusha residents have a chance to see a film on the lesser flamingos of Lake Natron northwest of Arusha, The Arusha Times reports.
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos by wildlife filmmakers...
Maputo News
Turtle nesting season begins in Mozambique
Turtle season is officially underway in Mozambique and local animal protection groups are making their usual call for people to help guarantee optimum conditions for nesting and hatching.
On 7 Nov...
Accra News
Seasonal hunting ban introduced.
The annual ban on hunting in Ghana otherwise known as the
Nairobi News
Annual wildebeest migration underway.
The annual migration season is underway in the Masai Mara with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti national park south of the border with Tanzania in search...
Nairobi News
Nairobians can soon expect to share their streets with brightly coloured life-size statues of lions as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the risk of extinction faced by the country
Arusha News
Tanzanians may have to wait until the end of they year to see the return of the first of five black rhinos exported to South Africa in the 1980s. The first rhino had been due to arrive in June followi...
Maputo News
Turtle conservation in Mozambique.
Conservationists have called on Mozambicans to help protect marine turtles, which are under increasing pressure from human activities in the country. Specific dangers faced by these reptiles include a...
Dar Es Salaam News
A giant bat with a wingspan of up to 1.6 m has defied the risk of extinction, an environmental conservation group has said. The Pemba flying fox, which is only found on Pemba island in Tanzania, now n...
