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Botswana threatens to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park in trophy hunting row

Politics March 21, 2024 By Katie Boyden

New Covid variant Omicron: What you need to know

World November 30, 2021 By Elizabeth Atkin

Is new Covid variant Omicron in the UK?

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New Botswana variant thought to be 'most evolved Covid strain' may be worst yet

World November 26, 2021 By James Hockaday

Huge 1,098-carat diamond unearthed in Botswana 'is third-biggest ever'

Huge 1,098-carat diamond unearthed in Botswana 'is third-biggest ever'

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Monkey appears to be giving CPR to one of it's band

Monkey appears to be giving CPR to stricken friend

World November 11, 2020 By Rebecca Speare-Cole

Aerial photos show elephant carcasses in the Botswana Delta

Hundreds of elephants drop dead in mysterious 'mass die-off'

Uncategorised July 2, 2020 By Faye Brown

Hippo takes bath in family pool and leaves behind 100kg of poo

Hippo takes bath in family pool and leaves behind 100kg of poo

World January 3, 2020 By Sam Corbishley

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Prince Harry 'can't wait' for baby Archie to see Africa on official family tour

UK November 15, 2019 By James Hockaday

Pic from Justin Sullivan/Magnus News. Pic shows a drone photograph called ???Disconnection??? taken by Justin Sullivan of an elephant which had just been poached in Northern Botswana. The image has now been entered into an international photo competition and the results will be announced in September 2019,Magnus News Agency newsdesk@magnusnewsagency.com +44(0)1216240504DEATH FROM ABOVE ??? PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES STUNNINGLY STARK IMAGE OF POACHED ELEPHANT LYING ALONE IN THE AFRICAN BUSH WITH PIX By Magnus News AgencyThis stunningly stark photograph shows the brutality of poaching death from above with a lone mutilated African elephant killed for its ivory. The drone photograph called ???Disconnection??? was shot in Northern Botswana by award-winning documentary filmmaker Justin Sullivan. His different perspective on the barbaric death of this mighty animal puts the crisis sweeping Africa in a whole new light, especially with Botswana recently lifting a hunting ban on elephants. The blood and gore of the carcass is muted by the distance above, but the reality of the elephants death and its severed trunk are all still visible. Poachers used a chainsaw to cut off the trunk and tusks, just 20 minutes away from a nearby camp. Poaching in Botswana is increasing rapidly, with an estimated increase of carcasses by 593% in the Northern parts of the country from 2014 to 2018.The photograph has now been selected for the prestigious Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, the results of which will be announced in September.Justin, 28, from Cape Town, South Africa, said he was filming for a private company in Botswana and overheard rangers talking about the poached elephant.He said: ???They said an elephant had just been poached and I asked to be taken to the site. On arrival I used a drone to capture the image. ???The image is called ???Disconnection???, the perspective of the image gives context to the situation which you would never be able

Brutal image shows elephant with trunk and tusks cut off

World July 19, 2019 By Jane Wharton

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 22, 2019, an LGBT activist attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi. - Botswana's high court is expected to rule on June 11, 2019 on whether to decriminalise gay sex in a landmark case being watched across Africa after Kenya recently upheld its own anti-homosexuality laws. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images

Botswana decriminalises gay sex saying 'sexual orientation is not a fashion statement'

World November 14, 2019 By Basit Mahmood

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Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting in plan to 'manage population'

World May 22, 2019 By Lucy Middleton

Concerns over cost of security if Meghan and Harry move to Africa

Harry and Meghan's move to Africa 'could cost taxpayers more than £1,000,000'

UK November 14, 2019 By James Hockaday

Harry and Meghan tend to endangered elephant in latest Instagram post

UK November 14, 2019 By Martine Berg Olsen

Kamikaze pilot deliberately crashed into building to kill wife who was at baby shower

Uncategorised March 25, 2019 By James Hockaday

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A photo safari to Botswana makes for a truly unforgettable journey of a lifetime

Travel December 4, 2018 By Rupert Parker

Bodies of 87 elephants fount in Botswana Elephants without borders

Bodies of 87 elephants found in Botswana after being killed for tusks

World September 4, 2018 By Jane Wharton

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How to plan your dream African safari on a minimal budget

Travel December 12, 2019 By Karen Edwards

Lionesses grow manes and start taking over pride

World December 11, 2019 By Simon Robb

Massive drop in elephant numebrs

There has been a massive drop in the number of elephants

World December 11, 2019 By Harry Readhead

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