Articles from April 2019

Frites could be off the menu in Belgium as heatwave threatens potato supply

How Pakistan plans to boost human health by bringing vultures back from the brink of extinction

A new restriction on vets’ drugs poisoning Pakistan’s critically endangered vultures promises to boost not only survival hopes of nature’s feathered dustbins but also public health, wildlife experts have said. The birds’ gory appearances and…

Continue reading

Zimbabwe elections: Emmerson Mnangagwa declared winner as opposition denounces ‘fake’ results

Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa has secured a narrow victory in Zimbabwe’s first election since the dictator Robert Mugabe was overthrown last year.  Mr Mnangagwa took 50.8 percent of the vote, obtaining by a whisker the 50…

Continue reading