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An anthrax outbreak that has killed close to 200 buffaloes, elephants and a hippo in Botswana has spread to Namibia, where it is posing a serious threat to livestock, officials said on Thursday. ”We have received reports that the disease has crossed into Namibia,” said acting wildlife district coordinator Obert Gwapela.

Botswana’s wildlife authorities have closed Chobe National Park to tourists after an anthrax outbreak that threatens buffalo and elephants in one of the country’s largest game reserves, a spokesperson said Monday. By Friday, game rangers had found the carcasses of 68 buffalo and one elephant in the park.

The plight of Southern Africa’s earliest inhabitants, the San Bushmen, comes to the fore on Monday when Botswana’s High Court begins hearing a landmark land case in the Kalahari desert. A group of 243 San Bushmen are challenging their resettlement from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the world’s largest sanctuaries.