Elephants in Nigeria are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and illegal ivory trade, human-elephant conflict and climate change. These issues are pushing them to the brink of ...

In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local ...

Weighing almost 2.5 tonnes, it was said to be one of the biggest hauls ever seized The Nigerian government has destroyed an $11m (£7m) stockpile of confiscated elephant tusks that had been ...

Nigeria’s unique elephant population, comprising both forest and savanna species, has drastically declined from an estimated 1,200-1,500 to just 300-400 individuals over the past 30 years.

Nigeria’s minister of state for the environment unveiled an elephant-shaped sculpture made with confiscated ivory on in late July – the country’s latest bid to raise awareness as it ...

Sebastien Haller was the hero for Ivory Coast again as the Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria and win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on home soil. The striker, who had also netted ...