A truck carrying four elephants from Addo Elephant National Park to Samara Karoo Reserve overturned on the Olifantskop Pass in the Eastern Cape, with no injuries reported. Two recovery vehicles were on-scene to assist, and the elephants were unharmed and en route to their destination with the Grahamstown SPCA ensuring their welfare. The NSPCA raised concerns about the elephants being donated to a private game reserve and highlighted welfare issues regarding their transport.
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East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
Feith Shimila Murunga, Mary Wanjiru Nyambura, and Winfridah Kwamboka share harrowing experiences of abuse and exploitation while working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, where at least 274 Kenyan workers have died in the past five years. East African leaders and Saudi royals profit from this deadly trade, with politicians in Kenya and Uganda owning staffing agencies that send workers abroad despite widespread abuse and lack of worker protections. Despite calls for reform and investigations...
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