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Namibia rejects Russian company’s mining permit

Raises environmental concerns over extraction methods

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A dozen cheetahs to arrive on February 18; Indian delegates to leave for South Africa today

Cheetahs will be airlifted from Gwalior to Kuno to avoid the stress of road travel

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Oil drilling threatens the Okavango River Basin, putting water in Namibia and Botswana at risk

Okavango River sustains over half a million people in Namibia and Botswana

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

African nations sign agreements to conserve water

Four African nations sign two separate agreements to rejuvenate rivers

Namibia inoculates population post polio attack

Namibia, Angola oppose hydro power plant

In short

New south African agreement on coastal and marine resources

Fishes in backwaters of Zambezi river suffer a deadly infection

Wildlife decline causes human trafficking, child slavery: study

Depletion of species has increased the need for labour

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