Poachers target animals living in the wild in Africa.

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His eyes were sparkling at the sight of a cacophony of wild life in Africa.

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The rescued cubs were found in poor health in Romania and an animal charity is hoping they can eventually be returned to the wild in South Africa.

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According to the charity Care for the Wild, South Africa's call for a debate on what they term "rhino-conomics" is preparing the ground for the legal sale of horn.

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To reach their conclusion, Dr Rich and Dr Wolfe studied the DNA sequences of malarial parasites collected from nearly 100 wild or formerly wild chimpanzees born in central and west Africa.

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Africa is the only place in which wild monkeys carry SIV - which points the finger at the continent as the source of the infection.

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South Africa's lead went past 100 when a wild throw from Kevin Pietersen disappeared for four overthrows, and England only had themselves to blame when opting against reviewing an lbw appeal against the fast-scoring Boucher.

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"We're already hearing stories about families living on at most one meal a day, children going into the bush to search for wild food and wild fruit, " Mr Lee told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

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In 1990, Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa's notorious Robben Island and said "the emotions ran wild" when he met prisoners in the jail where he spent 20 years of his life.

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While much of what they witnessed is cause for alarm, in many ways Africa is ahead of much of the rest of the world when it comes to how humans and wild places can co-exist.

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