Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few

This article explores the contrasting elephant populations in Africa, with South Sudan facing a drastic decline in elephant numbers due to poaching and civil unrest, while southern Africa, particularly in the Kavango Zambezi transfrontier conservation area, struggles with an overpopulation of elephants leading to human-wildlife conflict. Conservation efforts and debates on culling, hunting, fencing, and translocating elephants are highlighted as potential solutions to these challenges.