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Nyungwe Zipline: What it will cost tourists to use it
An international non-resident will pay $100 per activity, VAT inclusive, to use the 1,850-metre zipline in Nyungwe National Park, according to Protais Niyigaba, the park manager. Rwanda’s Nyungwe ...
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Dozens of hippos found dead at national park in Africa due to anthrax poisoning
Dozens of hippopotamuses died as a result of anthrax poisoning at the oldest national park in ... could be found in soil and commonly impacts wildlife. "Livestock and wild animals can become ...
The New Times on MSN5d
PHOTOS: Nyungwe zipline expected to attract 9,000 tourists
A new 1,850-metre zipline currently under construction in Nyungwe National Park is projected to attract 9,000 tourists, according to the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in its Annual Report 2024. A ...
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At least 50 hippos found poisoned at Africa’s oldest national park
(WJW) – At least 50 hippos and other large animals were found dead due to anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park. According to Reuters, Virunga National Park Director ...
Mongabay News on MSN10d
The colonial ghosts of Uganda’s ‘Queen Elizabeth’ park
In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...
Nature13d
An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
A clue emerged in 2023 in Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire ... as well as tissues and swabs from dead animals found in the forest, proved invaluable. Monkeypox virus showed up in faecal ...
Reuters13d
Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Congo's Virunga National Park
April 8 (Reuters) - At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have ... by bacteria found naturally in soil.