Tag: urgent

South Africa: Plan to Protect Sharks Needs an Urgent Update

When great white sharks disappeared from two well-known congregation areas on South Africa’s coast recently, the possible reasons were hotly debated. The appearance of a pair of shark-eating killer whales in the area was one. Another was the decline in numbers of smaller shark species that great whites prey on. Coupled with this was the

Mozambique: UN to Shine Urgent Spotlight On Cabo Delgado Crisis

Geneva — After developing under the radar for a number of years, what has been described as a humanitarian disaster in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado region is now grabbing the United Nations’ attention. The UN is so concerned that the regional directors for Southern and Eastern Africa of various of its agencies will jointly address