Tag Archives: ELEPHANT

In the aftermath of the recent by-election in the Assin North constituency, some residents believed to be affiliated with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have organized a one-week observation to mock the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their defeat. A video circulating on social media shows a gathering of people engaged in …

  play video A young woman who identified herself as Chanda Diva has become an internet sensation after an enchanting interaction with a group of elephants, capturing the attention of social media users worldwide. In a video she posted on TikTok during a trip to Thailand, the young woman found …

  A man is in critical condition in hospital after an elephant attacked him when he posed for a selfie with the animal in Tanzania. The elephant was part of a herd that escaped a conservation area in the northern Manyara region and was eating farm crops in one of …

Tinashe Farawo had the grim task of delivering the mutilated body of a 30-year-old farmer who had been trampled to death by an elephant in northern Zimbabwe to his distraught family. It is something that Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers have to do all too frequently as …

Some irate residents of Suame Magazine in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region have smashed a popular elephant statue erected by some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during a demonstration The residents who were protesting bad road networks in the area blocked the road to traffic for …

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, MFWA, has expressed concerns over the controversy that has dogged the National Cathedral of Ghana project. Suleman Brimah is of the view that current developments show that the project could constitute a historic case of financial loss to the state. He …

A Sri Lankan cab driver was ordered to pay a nearly $1,000 fine, because he scared an elephant by tooting his car’s horn and flashing the lights while driving through a protected wildlife area, officials said on Friday. The offender was arrested after he posted a video of the encounter …

Two persons have been reportedly killed by wild elephants who invaded some communities in the North East Region, on Wednesday, August 25. According to a report by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the elephants were seen going to Soanvusi, Nasuan through Tuna and to Yankazia. NADMO’s report indicates that …

  The carcass of a male elephant has been found in the North-Eastern part of Ghana in what has been called “a suspected poaching spree” in the West Mamprusi enclave. The remains were discovered Saturday at Kpaloo, a farming community in between the Wungu and Mishio suburbs in the North …

(File photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) A suspected poacher was killed by elephants in the Kruger National Park on Saturday while he and two of his accomplices were fleeing from park rangers. The SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Sunday rangers managed to arrest one of the suspects. …