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Despite conservation efforts, criminal elements are killing rhinos in record numbers due to demand from Asia, in particular Vietnam, China, Thailand and Malaysia, in the mistaken belief that rhino horn can help with things like hangovers or cure cancer. In 2009 it was feared that rhinos were being killed at 3 a month which was concerning enough given the low numbers of rhinos. In 2012, it had shot up to 2 a day in South Africa alone.

For lions, another iconic animal whose numbers are in decline, countries like Zambia and Botswana are banning hunting. Zambia for example has banned hunting on lions and leopards due to a big decline in their numbers, and because they believe tourism revenues by those who want to see these animals in the wild will bring in more revenue than blood sport tourism.

This small update to the conservation page has further details.

Read full article: Nature and Animal Conservation

Introduction to a roundtable discussion about the International Criminal Court and Africa, held at Africa Research Institute on 12 June 2019. https://audiomack.com/song/africaresearch/phil-clark-discusses-africa-book-tour-for-his-book-distant-justice
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Criticism of the ICC on the grounds of anti-African bias or neo-colonialism is simplistic. It overstates the power of the ICC and underestimates the ability of African states to manipulate the Court for their own ends.
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Launch of 'Tomatoes and taxi ranks' and 'Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities' at Africa Research Institute
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Four Futures

This episode is the first in an occasional 'book club' series of podcasts we will be doing, in an around the topic of fully automated luxury communism. This episode's book is Four Futures, by Peter Frase (which is part of the Jacobin series, from Verso Books).

My guests on the show are Laura Horn and Phil Davis. Laura is a political economist working at the University of Roskilde, just outside of Copenhagen in Denmark. While her own research has mainly focused on dimensions of capitalist restructuring in the European Union, she has a strong political and personal interest in the nexus between political economy and science fiction. Four Futures is one of the texts she uses in her course 'Repoliticising Capitalism: Contradictions, critique and alternatives'.

Phil Davis is a molecular biologist working in the Biodefense sector in the Washington DC area. He's currently working towards a master's degree in Bioinformatics from University of Maryland University College. Four Futures sits at the intersection of his enthusiasm for both left-wing politics and futurology. His hobbies also include music.

If you have any questions or comments, please send us a tweet @occupyirtheory

Speakers: Michael Walls (chief observer), Susan Mwape, Ahmed Farag, Conrad Heine, Carrie Goggin, Andrea Klingel
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[…] This blog post is part of a series composed by Masters candidates on the African Development course at the London School of Economics and Political Science. They represent the views of an emerging body of critical young voices interested in radical structural transformation and growth in African economies. The series is featured in roape.net, Africa is a Country, Africa@LSE and ID@LSE blogs. […]

OB Sisay describes the function of the national response centre, analyses external interventions and considers what the country learned from the crisis.
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Chief election observer reflects on Michael Walls reflects on the positives and negatives of Somaliland's presidential election
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On 26 June 2018, the 58th anniversary of Somaliland's independence, Professor Ahmed I Samatar placed that event in historical context and considered its relevance today.
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Speakers: HE Dr Sa'ad Ali Shire (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Somaliland) – from 4.45 mins on the podcast Dr Michael Walls (International Election Observation Mission) – from 19.00 mins on the podcast Nimco Ali (co-founder of Daughters of Eve and civic activist) – from 40.10 mins on the podcast Q & A session – from 50.00 mins mark on the podcast
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National elections are scheduled for 23 December 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is likely that Joseph Kabila, who has managed to delay polls since his mandate ended in 2016, will continue to do so.
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