Fauna

Kenya’s 10-year plan to save the pancake tortoise

These beautifully patterned creatures face extinction due to habitat loss, land clearance, the illegal pet trade and climate change.

30 / 09 / 2025 by Halkano Wario & Noor Ali

Fauna

Ant smuggling and biopiracy threaten Kenya’s ecology

Trafficking ants from Africa to Europe and Asia endangers local biodiversity and risks the spread of invasive species in destination countries.

26 / 09 / 2025 by Willis Okumu & Valtino Omolo

Fauna

Somalia’s gulper shark oil trade lands species in deep water

A clandestine syndicate in the country’s Bosaso port city is threatening the entire gulper shark family.

01 / 07 / 2025 by Halkano Wario

Fauna

Foreign fishing vessels plunder Namibia’s horse mackerel

The country’s rich stock is being illegally harvested by foreign-flagged vessels licensed to fish in Angolan waters.

03 / 06 / 2025 by Carina Bruwer

Fauna

Illegal fishing risks the lives of Somalia’s crustacean fishers

The scarcity of fish is pushing fisherfolk to use improvised diving gear at greater depths further from shore.

12 / 05 / 2025 by Halkano Wario

Fauna

Cheetah numbers decreasing fast in the Horn of Africa

A multi-pronged approach by government agencies in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula is essential to curb cheetah trafficking.

08 / 04 / 2025 by Willis Okumu & Valtino Omolo

Fauna

Cattle rustling in the border regions of Cameroon and Chad

This study explores cattle theft in the Cameroon-Chad border regions, focusing on terrorist groups as key actors and their ties to wider criminal networks.

31 / 03 / 2025 by Oluwole Ojewale & Raoul Sumo Tayo

Arms trafficking

Le trafic d’armes menace un sanctuaire d’espèces sauvages en Afrique de l’Ouest

Avec ses frontières poreuses et ses écosystèmes vulnérables, le complexe W-Arly-Pendjari est un immense territoire de lutte.

14 / 02 / 2025 by Feyi Ogunade

Arms trafficking

Arms trafficking threatens West African wildlife sanctuary

The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex’s vast, porous borders and vulnerable ecosystems make it a key battleground.

14 / 02 / 2025 by Feyi Ogunade

Fauna

Türkiye throws Somalia a lifeline to catch illegal fishers

A maritime deal between the countries could help build Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

12 / 02 / 2025 by Halkano Wario & Samira Aden Abdi

Fauna

Illegal yellowfin tuna fishing exposes gaps in Somalia’s maritime security

Weak governance systems and irregularly awarded deep-sea fishing contracts could deplete the country’s fisheries resources – including the threatened yellowfin tuna.

16 / 01 / 2025 by Willis Okumu & Valtino Omolo