Tanzania mulls creation of wildlife sanctuaries on Lake Nyasa's Islands


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's three state-run conservation authorities are planning to create wildlife sanctuaries on Lake Nyasa's two major islands to make them tourist destinations, an official said on Monday.

Afrikanus Challe, a wildlife official for Ruvuma region, said plans to introduce sanctuaries for wild animals on the two islands of the lake shared by Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique were at an advanced stage.

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