EXCLUSIVE: “I want to use my skills and training to protect this animal…to protect this land. I’m prepared to give my life,” declares a member of the Zimbabwean all-female anti-poaching called ...

Illegal poaching of Africa’s wildlife has skyrocketed during the coronavirus, but one radical, all-female team in Zimbabwe is fighting back. The Akashinga unit is the focus of a new short documentary ...

If he’s checked the fixture for the day, he will know that a team from Akashinga, an all-­female squad of anti-poaching rangers, is ­playing netball on an adjoining field. The Akashinga rangers (the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A special team of Zimbabwean women have transformed from victims of ...

The Akashinga are all-female anti-poaching rangers in northern Zimbabwe AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female ...

Maria Wilhelm‘s Akashinga: The Brave Ones (2020) movie trailer for a documentary produced by director James Cameron has been released by National Geographic. Akashinga: The Brave Ones‘ plot synopsis: ...

Hurungwe, Zimbabwe — The Akashinga unit offers a rare chance for poor and marginalised women, like school drop outs and abuse survivors, to build a career and protect nature Akashinga unit aims to ...

The group is called Akashinga, which means 'Brave Ones'. It's a privately funded and highly trained, vegan group of local women who come from rather disadvantaged backgrounds, who are assigned to ...

Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female anti-poaching Akashinga rangers when she broke her finger. She didn't consider quitting -- she even ...

Wildlife conservation is something that I have heard in passing or in conversation a number of times. The idea of it is clear, but never having been in those communities where it is a reality there is ...

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Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female anti-poaching Akashinga rangers when she broke her finger. She didn't consider quitting -- she even ...