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South African authorities recorded a sharp rise in the number of rhino poachings in the region as nearly 500 animals were killed last year.

Taxpayers’ pain has its roots set in a history that the finance minister could not overcome

In business, the million-dollar question is how to get people to buy stuff. But in wildlife conservation, the challenge is: how do we get people to not buy stuff? How do we bring down demand for fur, ivory and rhino horns? Today on the show, the story of a business trying to make lab-grown rhino horns and the backlash that followed. Check out more of Juliana Kim's reporting for NPR here. Related: Supply, demand, extinction (Apple / Spotify) Rhino Bonds Shooting Bambi to Save Mother Nature...

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

The African National Congress (ANC) has suspended former South African President Jacob Zuma ahead of the country's national elections.

Inmates in South African correctional facilities can register to vote in the 2024 elections from Tuesday, 30 January.

Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months.

The DMRE is not very good at encouraging mining companies to dig holes in the ground. But it’s good at digging a hole for itself.

The Oregon Zoo's rhinoceros family grew with the birth of a 100-pound baby rhino. Read more here.

A Boston woman was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas.