Sep 29 Watch Racing to save Kenya's wild elephants from poachers By PBS News Hour For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about… Continue watching
Sep 29 Elephants don't eat peanuts, and 10 other things you should know about the pachyderms By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Used for centuries for war and entertainment, the giant mammals are in danger of extinction due to the illegal ivory trade. Elephants truly never forget, and they can cooperate, problem solve and are self-aware. But they have never eaten peanuts. Continue reading
Sep 22 Reporter's Notebook: Covering Ebola in Nigeria while navigating corruption By Fred de Sam Lazaro The story of Ebola in Nigeria is an unusual and frankly rare one about things going right somewhere in Africa, albeit with fingers crossed for fear that it could quickly change. The numbers are remarkable: just 21 cases of Ebola… Continue reading
Sep 16 The U.S. takes 'command and control' of Ebola epidemic By Sarah McHaney President Obama will announce today a surge of U.S. support including hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of military personnel to countries in West Africa suffering from the Ebola epidemic. The effort is a response to the World Health… Continue reading
Sep 16 Surrounded by baby elephants in Kenya, including one 'troublemaker' By Jeffrey Brown Well, this is unusual: I am standing in the middle of a dozen or so elephants, one running his trunk up my chest toward my face, another giving me a bump in the rear end. One does not do this… Continue reading
Sep 08 WHO: 'Many thousands of new cases' of Ebola expected in Liberia By Larisa Epatko An assessment team from the World Health Organization said Monday that "many thousands of new cases are expected in Liberia over the coming three weeks."… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Boko Haram 'empties out entire countryside' in new Nigeria attacks By PBS News Hour Boko Haram, the militant Islamist movement in Nigeria, has been launching new attacks in Africa in an effort to gain more territory. But the group, notable for kidnapping hundreds of young schoolgirls, appears to be shifting its tactics. For more,… Continue watching
Sep 03 In Ebola-stricken West Africa, many of the sick 'have nowhere to go' By Larisa Epatko Despite world health agencies’ best efforts to clamp down on ever-increasing Ebola outbreaks, people in West Africa who are in the center of the virus' path are finding it hard to get accurate information and proper medical care, United Nations… Continue reading
Sep 02 A third American reportedly infected with Ebola By Joshua Barajas The National Institutes of Health will begin testing an experimental Ebola vaccine on an initial 20 adult humans this week, as the lethal virus’ reach “continues to accelerate” in West Africa. Continue reading
Sep 01 What's behind a 'disastrously inadequate response' to West Africa's Ebola outbreak By Jenny Marder A third confirmed case of Ebola was reported in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt, bringing the country’s total number of cases to 16, Reuters reported on Monday. This comes after a doctor in that city died last week after treating a man… Continue reading