22 arrested as security recovers wildlife products, hunting gear in Nakaseke

Dan Wandera, The Monitor (Uganda), August 19, 2026

The police have arrested 22 people and recovered an assortment of suspected wildlife-hunting gear and wildlife products at Mijumwa trading centre in Wakyato Subcounty, Nakaseke District. Savannah Region Police spokesperson, Mr Sam Twiineamazima, said the suspects were intercepted on August 17 when a police patrol team conducted an intelligence–led motorised night patrol in the area.

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Farms exposed to elephant raids as drought drives bees away

Lilys Njeru, Daily Nation (Kenya), August 18, 2026

For years, farmers living alongside elephants have relied on everything from shouting and banging drums to chasing the animals away from their farms and homes. But more than a decade ago, an observation in Samburu County offered a surprising alternative: bees.

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'How many will die?': The mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants

Citizen Digital (Kenya), August 19, 2026

Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment in southern Kenya. Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option, given that the cause of the ailment remains unknown -- to the 11-year-old male, known as Genghis Khan, who was struggling to breathe and died on Tuesday.

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