Africa: All of Africa Today – September 29, 2025

Namibia Deploys Troops, Helicopters to Battle Massive Etosha Fire

Namibia is set to deploy helicopters and hundreds of soldiers to battle a massive fire that has ravaged a third of Etosha National Park, one of southern Africa’s top tourist attractions. It is also home to critically endangered black rhinos. The blaze, believed to have started at a charcoal production site outside the park on Monday, spread into the reserve, killing at least nine antelope and destroying habitats and grazing land…