Nelson Ngusaru Education is key in the fight to save our elephants
BAFTA award-winning app, Virry, will use live streamed footage from Lewa Conservancy in Kenya to teach children around the world about the threats facing endangered species.
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Oliver Poole Gabon launches elephant fences in pioneering conservation move
President Ali Bongo of Gabon launches plan to reduce human-elephant conflict as part of the Pan-African Giants Club
Alex Dymoke Interview with senior member of Turkey's opposition press
The forced closure of print and TV media outlets leaves President Erdogan dangerously unaccountable, says journalist speaking on condition of anonymity
Caroline Mortimer President Erdogan's crackdown on the Turkish media in one chart
More than 130 media organisations have been shut down since the coup attempt on 15 July
Daisy Fletcher Giants Club helps lock up Ugandan poachers
Fulfilling pledges promised at the Giants Club Summit, conservationists work with the UN and Ugandan officials to develop legal guidelines to strengthen poaching prosecutions
Will Gore Foreign media must speak out for the stifled Turkish press
For the media in this country to give Erdoğan a free pass would be a gross failing, not least in the eyes of independent Turkish journalists whose work has been hampered by the serious erosion of press freedom in their homeland
Tlhokomela African philanthropists pledge to relocate 100 rhinos to Botswana
The 100 black and white rhinos, that will be relocated from South Africa to Botswana, were pledged to match the 100 planes at the Race for Rhinos event, hosted by Botswana Tourism on the Makgadikgadi Pans
Emilia Hungerford President Kenyatta's official opening of The Giants Club Summit 2016
Six months ago, Space for Giants started work organising the Giants Club Summit, held at the end of April at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya hosted the Africa-led event, along with fellow Giants Club members President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and senior representatives of President Ian Khama of Botswana.
Matilda Battersby Female cartoonist is finally free
Iranian cartoonist, Atena Farghadani, has already posted a new cartoon on Facebook. Matilda Battersby reports on her case, why her art was so controversial, and her next moves
Jalil Bongo African Elephant Coalition meets to fight poaching crisis
The 29 countries that make up the AEC have devised the Montreux Manifesto that will help put an end to the international ivory trade
Lizzie Dearden Egypt sentences Al Jazeera journalists to death in Morsi case
The deposed Egyptian President was previously sentenced to death in another case
Gabriel Samuels Isis shoot Syrian newspaper editor three times during drive-by
Ahmed Abdel Qader has been outspoken in opposition to militant group
Oliver Poole Giants Club fights back
Countries in Africa where the illegal ivory trade is rampant are coming together to retaliate. In this special collection of images, celebrated photographer Johnnie Shand Kydd chronicles the inaugural events of this initiative
Jess Staufenberg Baby elephant rescued from open drain
The animal is reportedly being treated for a broken leg
Caroline Mortimer The 'loneliest elephant in the world' has died aged 69
Hanako has lived alone in the Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo since 1954
Alex Dymoke Kenya to stage largest ever ivory burn
Over 100 tonnes of illegally poached ivory will be reduced to ash as the Kenyan government signals its commitment to combating the illegal wildlife trade by burning its entire ivory stockpile
Think Conservation, Make It Kenya
Kenya's Ministry of Tourism, supporting partner of the Giants Club Summit, explains why this east African country is such an appealing prospect for investors
"All seized ivory should be destroyed"
Mary Rice, executive director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, speaks on the ivory burn which is following this weekend's Giants Club Summit in Kenya, and urged people to get behind #jointheherd, the campaign spearheaded by wildlife charity WildAid