Namibia’s Red Mountain conflict deepens after rhino poaching incident – The Mail & Guardian

Namibia’s Red Mountain conflict deepens after rhino poaching incident – The Mail & Guardian

Three community conservancies in north-western Namibia — Doro! Nawas, Sorris Sorris and Uibasen Twyfelfontein — reignited their opposition to mining inside the Red Mountain Joint Management Area after the discovery of a freshly poached black rhino. The incident has intensified long-standing tensions between conservation and mining interests in one of Namibia’s most ecologically fragile and economically contested regions. The area lies in the Kun…