Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men

Bead's eye view

Glass beads reveal ancient Indian Ocean trade networks

Poor access to healthcare hits HIV eradication goal

UNICEF says its global goal of reducing new HIV infections in children by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2015 is still out of reach

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks

‘Insatiable demand from the East, greed & lack of political will is enabling poaching across Africa’

Wildlife veterinarian Dave Cooper talks about poaching, effect of climate change and his experience with conservation 

Should ivory trade be legalised?

International ban on ivory trade has neither reduced elephant poaching nor the volume of the illegal trade. Is it time the trade is legalised? …

Elephant poaching rates vary across Africa: 19 years of data from 64 sites suggest why

Poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and where local levels of human development are relatively high

A continental crisis, and a few green shoots

African countries are fighting an addiction: import of food items, which happens at the cost of domestic farmers. Despite the unprecedented …

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World Elephant Day: Why conservation efforts in Africa evoke opposing reactions

Uneven distribution of the jumbos across the continent has led to increase in human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat

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Government makes Bushmen's return to forests difficult

Botswana's Bushmen to return to Kalahari Game Reserve

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Kenya's Ogiek tribe fights government to return home

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