Farmers in Igembe North seek compensation for elephant damage

Salphine Mithika, Citizen Digital (Kenya), August 5, 2026

Farmers in Igembe North Constituency in Meru County, whose crops were destroyed by elephants, are calling on the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to fast-track compensation. Speaking to Citizen Digital, the farmers said that the relief food, recently distributed by the government, is insufficient compared to the harvest they lost. Each affected household received a bag of maize, a bag of beans and eight kilograms of porridge flour.

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Zimbabwe gives wildlife rangers greater powers under new law to combat poaching

Bianca Muller, Getaway (South Africa), August 4, 2026

Zimbabwe has taken a significant step in the fight against wildlife crime by officially recognising its wildlife rangers as frontline law-enforcement officers. President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently signed the Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act, giving rangers expanded legal authority to protect the country’s wildlife and natural heritage. The move comes as organised wildlife crime continues to threaten some of Africa’s most iconic species and the tourism economies that depend on them.

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Conservation groups demand independent probe into deaths of 15 Amboseli elephants

Capital FM (Kenya), August 4, 2026

Conservation organisations have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of fifteen elephants in Amboseli National Park, saying preliminary findings linking the animals to cyanide poisoning expose dangerous gaps in Kenya’s pesticide regulation and wildlife protection. They, comprising the Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Nature Kenya, the Kenya Organic Agriculture Network, the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya and the Route to Food Initiative, said the incident should be treated as a national environmental emergency requiring urgent action.

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