Africa land grabs endanger elephants amid Zimbabwean ties
A Born Free USA report, via C4ADS, links government loyalists and organized crime to wildlife trafficking across Africa. It highlights Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy as a potential poaching hotspot amid sanctions pressure, land deals, and Chinese investments near elephant habitats.
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Separatists plead for Russian troops after Slovyansk clash
In Slovyansk a Easter shootout kills three and injures four as separatist leader Vyacheslav Ponomaryov appeals to Vladimir Putin to send Russian peacekeepers. The Right Sector is blamed by some, while officials call the event a provocation by pro Russian militants.
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