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Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal trade in big-cat parts
The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file, guns at the ...
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Maram Kairé, Senegalese astronomer: ‘The development of the African continent will depend on the space sector’
The director of the Senegalese Space Study Agency has just led the launch of the first Senegalese nanosatellite into space ...
Ancient deity, pet and endangered species. Why is axolotl Mexico’s most beloved amphibian?
According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, subject to the cycles of life and death. Axolotl then carries within itself the ...