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Tanzania Governor Urges Citizens To Report ‘Gays’ To His Office

Tanzania Governor Urges Citizens To Report ‘Gays’ To His Office

The regional governor overseeing the city of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, has made ambitious and alarming promises to crack down on homosexuality in his jurisdiction. Governor Paul Makonda said on Monday that he would start arresting citizens under his watch who allegedly engage in homosexuality beginning on November 5. His remarks […]

6y ago

At Least 44 Dead On Lake Victoria After Ferry Capsizes

At Least 44 Dead On Lake Victoria After Ferry Capsizes

At least 44 people have died after the MV Nyerere ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, on Thursday afternoon. The lake straddles the borders of Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and the ferry was traveling between two islands on the lake when the accident occurred, reported CNN. Rescue attempts were abandoned as […]

6y ago

Hippo Attacks, Kills Michigan Grandma During African Safari In Tanzania

Hippo Attacks, Kills Michigan Grandma During African Safari In Tanzania

Carol Sue Kirken, a 75-year-old grandma from Michigan, was reportedly killed in a hippopotamus attack while she and her family were enjoying an African Safari as part of their annual family holiday. According to the Kansas City Star, Carol and her family were in Tanzania for the safari when the unfortunate incident happened. The report […]

7y ago

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: New Details On Wing Piece Found In Tanzania — What Does It Say About Missing Plane?

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: New Details On Wing Piece Found In Tanzania — What Does It Say About Missing Plane?

New studies of an aircraft part found in Tanzania last week indicate that the debris is a piece of wing likely from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014. Authorities believe the Boeing 777-200 with 239 people on board crashed into the Indian Ocean — but a multinational search effort at a […]

8y ago

Chinese Men Jailed For 35 Years Each For Ivory Smuggling In Tanzania

Chinese Men Jailed For 35 Years Each For Ivory Smuggling In Tanzania

Tanzania is taking a hard stance against poachers and ivory smugglers, as two Chinese nationals have each received a sentence of 35 years for their crimes. They face 30 years jail for ivory smuggling and five years for bribery of police and wildlife officers. The sentence imposed on the two Chinese men is thought to […]

8y ago

Helicopter Pilot Killed In Tanzania: British Pilot Shot Down By Elephant Poachers

Helicopter Pilot Killed In Tanzania: British Pilot Shot Down By Elephant Poachers

A British helicopter pilot was shot and killed by elephant poachers in Tanzania, underscoring the desperate measures criminals will go to to further the trade in illegal animal parts, MSN is reporting. Roger Gower, 37, was a former accountant who flew people between camps in Tanzania’s bush country, where elephants and other endangered animals are […]

8y ago

Elephant Poachers Kill Helicopter Pilot In Tanzania – Aircraft Is Shot At, Fatally Wounding Pilot Assisting Wildlife Authorities

Elephant Poachers Kill Helicopter Pilot In Tanzania – Aircraft Is Shot At, Fatally Wounding Pilot Assisting Wildlife Authorities

Elephant poachers in Tanzania killed a helicopter pilot while he was helping wildlife authorities. The poachers fired upon the aircraft that the British pilot was flying, fatally wounding him. So far, local authorities have managed to arrest three suspects. A British helicopter pilot was fatally shot by elephant poachers while he was flying an anti-poaching […]

8y ago

Vacation Alone: Solo Walking Vacations Can Be The Best Way To Go

Vacation Alone: Solo Walking Vacations Can Be The Best Way To Go

For a single person planning a fun vacation, it can be a hard step to do it all alone, but solo walking vacations can be a rewarding and exciting way to go. While you might be going on vacation alone, you end up seeing the world and making new friends and building relationships along the […]

8y ago

Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall Discusses Health, Gender Equality, And Conservation

Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall Discusses Health, Gender Equality, And Conservation

Dr. Jane Goodall gave a speech promoting health, gender equality, and conservation Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Goodall, a renowned primatologist and conservationist, spoke to an audience at the U.S. Department of State’s Marshall Center and discussed the work and success of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in conserving environments, promoting healthy lives, and empowering women. The […]

9y ago

Queen Of Ivory Caught In $2.5 Million Elephant Tusk Smuggling Ring

Queen Of Ivory Caught In $2.5 Million Elephant Tusk Smuggling Ring

The “Queen of Ivory” has captured and arrested after a 7-hour standoff and high-speed chase. Yang Feng Glan, a 66-year-old Chinese woman, was allegedly the kingpin of a $2.5 million ivory smuggling ring in her home country and Tanzania. The ivory queen allegedly smuggled at least 700 elephant tusks out of Africa and Asia, MSN […]

9y ago

‘Queen of Ivory’ Finally Captured In Tanzania

‘Queen of Ivory’ Finally Captured In Tanzania

The “Queen of Ivory” has finally been caught. Yang Feng Glan was able to evade arrest for more than 15 years. The 66-year-old Chinese woman became infamous for her role in an elephant tusk and wildlife smuggling ring in Africa. Yang Feng Glan is accused of smuggling at least 700 elephant tusks out of Africa, […]

9y ago

Yang Feng Glan, Nicknamed ‘Queen Of Ivory’ Nabbed — Facilitated The Smuggling Of Elephant Tusks For 15 Years

Yang Feng Glan, Nicknamed ‘Queen Of Ivory’ Nabbed — Facilitated The Smuggling Of Elephant Tusks For 15 Years

A Chinese woman, known to her associates and buyers as the “Queen of Ivory,” for her ability to smuggle elephant tusks out of Africa, was finally nabbed. The “Queen of Ivory,” Yang Feng Glan, has been arrested in Tanzania. For 15 long years, she successfully evaded capture and has been responsible for the deaths of […]

9y ago

Giraffe With A ‘Zig Zag’ Neck Spotted By Photographer, Treated Normally By The Herd

Giraffe With A ‘Zig Zag’ Neck Spotted By Photographer, Treated Normally By The Herd

A giraffe with a zig zag neck was spotted by a South African professional photographer, Mark Drysdale, while guiding clients in the Serengeti Reserve in Tanzania. It turns out the giraffe has been like this for some five years but managed to survive anyway. According to the Telegraph, Drysdale, 53, has been a full-time professional […]

9y ago

Bill Clinton’s Plane Has Engine Problem — Forced To Land In Tanzania

Bill Clinton’s Plane Has Engine Problem — Forced To Land In Tanzania

An airplane carrying former president Bill Clinton had a problem with one of its four engines today (Wednesday) and was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Tanzania. According to CBSNews, Bill Clinton landed at a fueling station in Dodoma to repair the malfunctioning engine. Fortunately, the engine trouble was not a serious threat to […]

9y ago

Crazy Russian BASE Jumps From Summit Of Kilimanjaro [Video]

Crazy Russian BASE Jumps From Summit Of Kilimanjaro [Video]

Russian daredevil Valery Rozov recently decided to BASE jump from the highest point in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. He captured the whole thing first on a drone, then on GoPro. For the uninitiated, BASE jumping is the art of parachuting from a high position, such as a cliff, mountain, or building, using a specially-designed wingsuit. BASE […]

9y ago

Albino Child Found Dead With Limbs Hacked Off In Tanzania

Albino Child Found Dead With Limbs Hacked Off In Tanzania

The body of a one-year-old albino child has been found in Tanzania with his arms and legs hacked off. This is apparently the latest in a string of similar killings to obtain body parts for use in witchcraft practices. The boy, Yohana Bahati was apparently seized by men carrying machetes from his home in the […]

9y ago

‘Cutting Us Up Like Chickens’: Witches Ban For Mutilating Kids [Graphic Content]

‘Cutting Us Up Like Chickens’: Witches Ban For Mutilating Kids [Graphic Content]

We have all heard about wicked witches in fairytales that eat children, but most of the witches in America are peaceful pagans that would not even hurt a fly — even for a potion. However, in Africa, some of the witches there are harming people in order to make good luck potions, charms, and amulets […]

9y ago

Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors In Effort To Stop Gristly Albino Mutilations

Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors In Effort To Stop Gristly Albino Mutilations

The Tanzanian government has banned witch doctors in an effort to curb the wave of attacks and murders of albinos, whose body parts are used in witchcraft charms and spells claimed to bring good luck and wealth. Albinos have a genetic disorder in which they are left with little or no pigment in their skin, […]

9y ago

Divers Free Whale Sharks Caught In Fishermen’s Nets

Divers Free Whale Sharks Caught In Fishermen’s Nets

Two divers recently freed a pair of whale sharks that had become entangled in fishing nets, and a wildlife photographer was on hand to document the astonishing rescue. The whale sharks became trapped in a massive fishing net off Mafia Island in Tanzania in November, according to the Daily Mail, necessitating a rescue by several […]

10y ago

Video Shows Safari Club Torturing, Killing Animals, ‘Most Abhorrent Case Of Animal Abuse Ever Recorded’ [Video]

Video Shows Safari Club Torturing, Killing Animals, ‘Most Abhorrent Case Of Animal Abuse Ever Recorded’ [Video]

WARNING: Before watching the video note that it does contain graphic hunting scenes and animal abuse. In a startling video, a licensed safari club is seen hunting protected animals with semi-automatic weapons, running over animals with jeeps, and otherwise torturing animals before killing them. The video was so shocking that is being called one of […]

10y ago

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