Daily Maverick

Targeted poaching poses existential risk to Africa’s dwindling lion population

Targeted poaching of lions for body parts is on the rise in Africa, posing an existential threat to a dwindling population.
KRQE Blogs

Lions roar and Eagles fly: All the 24 teams’ nicknames at the Africa Cup of Nations

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Indomitable Lions, Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles have all been competing at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon, South Africa and Nigeria are just ...
Yahoo

Blondie the Lion Is Already Being Called the “Next Cecil.” Here’s Why That’s a Problem for Lion Conservation in Africa

A male lion photographed in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Whenever a lion or elephant or some other animal that has been named by the general public is hunted, there is an immediate furor across the ...
Fox Sports

Lions roar and Eagles fly: All the 24 teams' nicknames at the Africa Cup of Nations

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Indomitable Lions, Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles have all been competing at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon, South Africa and Nigeria are just ...
Outdoor Life

Blondie the Lion Is Already Being Called the “Next Cecil.” Here’s Why That’s a Problem for Lion Conservation in Africa

Editor’s Note: Dr Robert (Robbie) Kroger is a restoration ecologist originally from South Africa but now based in Memphis, Tennessee. His work through the non-profit he started The Origins Foundation ...