Namibia has put 170 "high value" wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country's environmental ministry said on Wednesday.

Namibia to auction 'high value' 170 elephants over drought, increased population

The number of dead seals found washed ashore on the coast of Namibia has risen to more than 7,000, non-profit group Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) said on Friday.

More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach

Namibia is struggling to contain the second outbreak this year of the African migratory red locust, which has destroyed 500 hectares of grazing land in the north-east of the country, the country`s agriculture minister said on Friday.

Red locusts destroy 500 hectares of Namibian grazing land, minister says

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Congo Republic and Senegal are among those worst-hit this year,

Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa

Namibia is the latest in a growing list of sub-Saharan African countries to report their first cases of coronavirus. A couple from Spain who arrived in the Southern African country on Wednesday both tested positive and have been quarantined, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said on Saturday.

Namibia reports first two cases of coronavirus, imposes travel ban

Namibia said on Monday that 86 dusky dolphins, including two calves just days old, had been found dead on a remote beach and it had launched an investigation into what happened.

Eighty-six dolphins found dead on remote Namibian beach, probe launched

The video called - 'S***hole Nambia' - was made by the Gondwana Collection Namibia, which runs several game reserves in the southern African nation

'You're welcome to visit Africa's number one s***hole country': Namibia mocks Trump

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