S.Africa rhino poaching drops by a quarter
The number of rhino killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped by 26 percent in the first eight months of the year, officials said on Friday.
Sep 21, 2018
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Hotspots, not trouble spots: Africa seeks tourism boom
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Anger as rhino trade kingpin released from S.African jail
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Slaughtered rhino embodies S.Africa's poaching crisis
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Many populations fear big job loss from automation: survey
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South Africa uses new tech to fight vicious gun violence
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Drawing on a piece of silcrete found in Blombos Cave predates previous human-made drawings by at least 30,000 years
The earliest evidence of a drawing made by humans has been found in Blombos Cave in the southern Cape in South Africa.
