The Duke of Cambridge backs the setting-up of a helpline for young people facing homelessness as The Independent launches its Christmas appeal to help the charity Centrepoint
One of the first people Centrepoint helped was Sandy Marks, who went on to be the Mayor of Islington in 1996
United Nations Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark says it's time for closer collaboration to save endangered species
Duke of Cambridge tells fundraising gala: 'The scale of youth homelessness in this country is now shameful'
As the third Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference approaches, the time has come for real action, not just rhetoric, from the world’s leaders
A new collaboration is launched to train Uganda Wildlife Authority officers to tackle poachers in the courtroom
Kenya has sent a strong message that it will no longer tolerate wildlife crime by convicting an ivory poaching ‘king pin’ called Feisal Mohamed Ali.
An extract from an interview with Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, published in Index on Censorship magazine in 2005, the year before she was murdered for her work. On the 10th anniversary of death, it has been included within a special report on her legacy in Index on Censorship's latest issue
Under new laws, the genetic code of all captive Thai elephants will have to be recorded to help distinguish them from their wild counterparts
The decision not to give the animal the most protected status is ‘fatal’, says the Head of Gabon’s National Park Agency Lee White
The three organisations will work together with African governments to strengthen criminal justice systems in order to clamp down on wildlife crime
The latest CITES meeting on 24 September in Johannesburg will be one of the most critical meetings in the Convention’s 43 year history
On World Elephant Day, the Ivory Coast football star and UN Environment Ambassador calls people to join the Wild for Life Campaign to help end wildlife crime pushing species to the brink of extinction
President Ali Bongo of Gabon launches plan to reduce human-elephant conflict as part of the Pan-African Giants Club
The forced closure of print and TV media outlets leaves President Erdogan dangerously unaccountable, says journalist speaking on condition of anonymity
More than 130 media organisations have been shut down since the coup attempt on 15 July
The 100 black and white rhinos, that will be relocated from South Africa to Botswana, were pledged to match the 100 planes at the Race for Rhinos event, hosted by Botswana Tourism on the Makgadikgadi Pans
Six months ago, Space for Giants started work organising the Giants Club Summit, held at the end of April at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya hosted the Africa-led event, along with fellow Giants Club members President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and senior representatives of President Ian Khama of Botswana.
Ahmed Abdel Qader has been outspoken in opposition to militant group
The Saracens players have been carrying the Aviva Premiership trophy on their journey, which was won by the team this season
Paul and Elizabeth Njoroge's farm in central Kenya is a fertile five acres on a steep slope where crops flourish enough that the family should be relatively wealthy.
