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The relocation of wild animals is becoming an increasingly important conservation strategy around the world. In a mammoth example of the gruelling process, 200 elephants are being moved from South Africa to Mozambique’s Zinave National Park. Matt Hayward explains why, and what it takes to move so many huge animals.
And it’s been 20 years since terrorists bombed the US embassy in Nairobi, killing 200 people and wounding more than 5,000. Since then Kenya has experienced a number of terror attacks, including the horrific Westgate Mall and Garissa University sieges - but it has also worked hard to control the threat. Oscar Mwangi Gakuo details the steps Kenya’s government has taken to counter terror and violent extremism within its borders.
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An elephant successfully translocated by SAN Parks from Kruger National Park to Addo Elephant National Park.
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Matt Hayward, University of Newcastle
Translocations have become more frequent in Africa. Elephants are the biggest animals to be moved.
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Simon Kingori, a survivor of the 1998 bomb blast at the US embassy in Nairobi prays at the memorial park in the city.
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Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, National University of Lesotho
Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
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Politics + Society
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Luiz Valerio P. Trindade, University of Southampton
As Brazil's black women become more conspicuous and powerful, they are bullied and threatened in social media's modern-day pillory.
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Michelle Duster, Columbia College Chicago
My great-grandmother, an early civil rights champion, path-breaking journalist and suffrage leader, was among the most influential women of her time.
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Science + Technology
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Jane Cunneen, Curtin University; Phil R. Cummins, Australian National University
Caught in the middle: Lombok and Bali are exposed to earthquake and tsunamis risk due to a tectonic plate boundary to the south, but also a unique zone of activity that thrusts to the north.
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Eve MacDonald, Cardiff University
Without the scientific knowledge we have today, ancient cultures turned to myths and legends to understand celestial objects.
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