Kenya Wildlife Service and the Born Free foundation launched a display of lion statues across Nairobi as part of a project dubbed the Pride of Kenya that is hoped will raise awareness for the conservation of lions. Kenyan wildlife authorities say there are only 2,100 lions left in the country.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"