Carried out by professional hunters, it targets 30 hippos, 60 buffalos, 50 impalas, 83 elephants, 100 blue wildebeest, 100 elands and 300 zebras. WINDHOEK - A Namibian government cull of more than 700 ...

Namibia declared a state of emergency in May, as the drought's effects worsened, leaving about 1.4 million people—roughly half the population—facing severe food insecurity. To address severe food ...

Professional hunters will carry out the cull and the meat will be distributed to those impacted by the drought, especially in rural areas. (File photo: AFP) Namibia is set to kill more than 700 wild ...

Some 83 elephants and 30 hippos are set to be killed as part of a cull of more than 700 wild animals in Namibia - and the meat then distributed to people struggling to feed themselves. The southwest ...

The southern African nation of Namibia is planning to butcher hundreds of its most majestic animals to feed some of the 1.4 million people – nearly half the country – who are in a hunger crisis amid ...

Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals to manage pasture and provide meat to people struggling with food shortages caused by a severe drought in southern Africa. The environment ministry said it will ...