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Africa’s first investigative environmental journalism unit.

Combining traditional investigative reporting with data analysis and geo-mapping to expose eco-offences and track organised criminal syndicates.

You can help us to investigate. Find out how.

LATEST INVESTIGATIONS

Uganda’s fight to stop pangolin poaching
Despite stiff penalties provided by law, Uganda has seen an increase in pangolin trafficking offences, a multimedia investigation by Benjamin Jube shows
Oxpeckers Reporters
23 May, 2022

Inside the DRC’s great ape trade
International trade in live baby primates is a by-product of the roaring illegal bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Oscar Nkala investigates
Oxpeckers Reporters
19 May, 2022

Inside the DRC’s great ape trade
International trade in live baby primates is a by-product of the roaring illegal bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Oscar Nkala investigates
Oxpeckers Reporters
19 May, 2022

Uganda’s fight to stop pangolin poaching
Despite stiff penalties provided by law, Uganda has seen an increase in pangolin trafficking offences, a multimedia investigation by Benjamin Jube shows
Oxpeckers Reporters
23 May, 2022

Drought increases poaching of endangered zebras in Kenya

As poaching takes its toll on Kenya's Grevy's zebras, a prolonged drought has now been added to the list of threats against this endangered species. Lenah Bosibori investigates...
13 May, 2022
From Myanmar to the EU, the path of a ‘bloodstained’ resource

The EU imported more than €22-million worth of timber from Myanmar in 2021 – and nearly €8-million after sanctions were imposed on the military junta. Guillaume Pajot investigates...
08 Apr, 2022
EU’s mega-rich fuelling illegal ‘blood timber’ trade

Since the military seized power in Myanmar in 2021 and the European Union imposed sanctions on the junta, the teak trade has been pushed underground. Sarah Tekath investigates...
25 Mar, 2022
Inside India’s illegal shark-fin trade

India is the world’s third-largest shark catcher. It banned the export of shark fins in 2015, but the illegal trade is still thriving. Shamsheer Yousaf & Monica Jha investigate...
18 Feb, 2022
Emerging threats to China’s snow leopard population

Online trade and China's ambitious Belt and Road development plans pose new threats to the ‘poster boy’ of ecosystem conservation in Asia, reports Hsiuwen Liu...
31 Jan, 2022
Pakistan poachers lure ‘ambassadors of peace’ out the sky

Rafiullah Mandokhail investigates the impact that trappers and traffickers in Pakistan are having on increasingly endangered crane species...
18 Jan, 2022
Plans to ship endangered African giraffes to Taiwanese zoo

Oscar Nkala tracks a controversial deal to export 18 reticulated giraffes from Southern Africa to a wildlife zoo and entertainment park in Taiwan...
13 Dec, 2021
Exposing India’s secret snow leopard trade

Sadiq Naqvi unveils data and routes behind India’s underground trade in snow leopards and their body parts...
03 Dec, 2021
Tracking the ‘mountain ghosts’ of the Himalayas

Scattered data is complicating efforts to protect snow leopards against illegal trade, Varsha Singh reports from Uttarakhand in northern India...
26 Nov, 2021
Tourism adds to pressures on snow leopards in northern Pakistan

Investigation exposes illegal trade in the skins of rare species right in the heart of the main tourist attraction of Gilgit-Baltistan...
19 Nov, 2021
Nepal’s cross-border snow leopard smuggling networks

Kathmandu has become a hub of international wildlife crime that poses an additional threat to the conservation of rare snow leopards. Tufan Neupane investigates...
12 Nov, 2021
China’s snow leopard crimes

China is the biggest market of illegal trade in snow leopards. A data investigation by Hsiuwen Liu uncovers recent organised trafficking in the rare cats...
05 Nov, 2021
Conservation official and ex-cop charged in case involving 17 illegal rhino horns

The National Prosecuting Authority has revealed a list of charges against the duo for their involvement in the illegal rhino horn trade. Simon Bloch investigates...
13 Oct, 2021
Inside 25 years of GMOs in Africa: Looking to the future

Part 3: What is the future for those developing GM crops in Africa despite resistance to the technology? Andiswa Matikinca, Arnaud Ouedraogo & Benon Herbert Oluka investigate...
28 Sep, 2021
Fears of deadly consequences cloud Africa’s attempts to embrace GMOs

Part 2: Andiswa Matikinca, Arnaud Ouedraogo & Benon Herbert Oluka look into health and environmental concerns surrounding agricultural biotechnologies, better known as GMOs...
20 Sep, 2021
Inside 25 years of GMOs in Africa

Part 1: why South Africa, Burkina Faso and Uganda have had mixed fortunes. A transnational investigation by Andiswa Matikinca, Arnaud Ouedraogo and Benon Herbert Oluka...
15 Sep, 2021
‘Homeland’ communities head to court to protect land rights from mining

A High Court case is expected to set a precedent on conflicts between private community ownership rights and commercial mining in the former homelands. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
23 Aug, 2021
New strategies for sustainable closure of mines

An ambitious new government strategy to deal with abandoned mines is welcome but needs more teeth, say those in the know. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
30 Jul, 2021
Deep Trouble: research shows coal is still king

While the world is shifting away from fossil fuels, data on planned new mines indicates the coal mining industry might not be winding down any time soon. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
25 Jun, 2021
Copper mine threatens Zambezi national park

Go-ahead for controversial open-pit copper mine in Lower Zambezi National Park has become a political hot potato in the run-up to Zambian elections. Oscar Nkala investigates...
23 Jun, 2021
Philippine wildlife criminals get away with a slap on the wrist

Measly court penalties and weak laws do little to stop a lucrative business where kingpins evade justice, and small-time smugglers take the fall. Jhesset O. Enano investigates...
02 Jun, 2021
Deadly Air: a case about real lives & real people

A landmark court case sees the SA government being sued for the first time for the alleged violation of a Constitutional right to clean air. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
27 May, 2021