U.N. sounds alarm as record-breaking swarms of locusts consume crops in five countries and threaten to spread further.

They are calling it the worst locust plague in decades. As swarms of locusts consume crops and threaten millions, the U.N. says if the outbreak is not contained, it could reach more than thirty countries in Africa and Asia and cause global pandemonium.

Adding to Malawi’s economic and health problems is a shocking societal problem – a bizarre rite of passage for girls as young as 6-years-old that is conducted in order to initiate them into womanhood. It’s called kusasa fumbi or “sexual cleansing” and requires a hired-man, called a “hyena”, have sex with the young female.

The guys over at 422 South have done it again providing us a wonderful “data-visualization” of the migratory path of the European honey buzzard. The European honey buzzard, also known as the pern, migrates every year from Europe to the warmer coasts of Africa where it spends the winter months soaking in the warm sun…

Calling it a “sorry testament to the greed of the human race”, rangers found the lifeless body of Suni the white rhino in his hut on a Kenyan wildlife conservancy this week. Suni was 34 years old when he died and was one of only seven northern white rhinos left on the planet. That leaves…

Spending most of its time swimming in water, the newly discovered Spinosaurus gobbled up sharks and alligators whole. It had paddle-like feet, dense leg bones, sealable nostrils that allowed it to swim underwater, backward-slanted cone-shaped teeth, and a huge 6-foot sail on its back that would have risen from the water like a shark’s fin.…

Africa’s elephants have just crossed into a pretty scary area. Researchers recently that found more African elephants are being killed than are born. They warn that at this rate, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.

Chibok Borno school in Nigeria where the girls were taken from

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan had admitted that Nigerian security forces do not know where more than 200 abducted school girls are being held – or if they are even still alive. In a nightmarish scenario, the young girls were taken three weeks ago (April 14, 2014) from a secondary school in the Chibok town of…

The images are horrifying – a virus which spreads through blood, feces, even sweat, and causes profuse bleeding and necrosis (death of body tissue). 90% of those who become infected die – and now an outbreak is ripping through the region of Guinea in Africa infecting nearly 100 people thus far.

It’s a dirty little secret in South Africa, one that as of 2010, is once again on the rise. Called “muti murders” or “medicine murders” (sometimes termed “ritual murder” or muthi-murder), it takes its name from the Zulu word “muti”, the term for traditional black magic medicines that utilize human body parts and flesh as…

Teachers at Mathiba Primary School in Maun had to abruptly end classes yesterday after students reported seeing a “black little hairy creature which resembled a human being” moving about the property. Following the incident, which occurred around noon local time, students went into a panic, fainting, and running amok while fleeing from the small humanoid…

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U.N. sounds alarm as record-breaking swarms of locusts consume crops in five countries and threaten to spread further.

See the intercontinental path of two birds on their epic migration from Europe to Africa

Countdown to extinction – Suni the white rhino dies. Only six white rhinos remain on the planet.

New dinosaur king – Spinosaurus towered over Tyrannosaurus rex and ate pretty much anything that got in its way

Uh oh – more African elephants being killed than are born!

Nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted from Nigerian school – offered for sale in market.

Yet another Ebola outbreak in Africa has reached epidemic proportions.

Maun school closed after reports of “black little hairy creature which resembled a human being”

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