U.S., July 28 -- Tanzanian President John Magufuli had directed his government's wildlife conservation authorities to split Selous Game Reserve to form a new national park.

The President had last Friday directed Tanzania's ministry of Natural Resources and other relevant government institutions to carve a part of Selous Game Reserve to form or establish a new national park.

He said that the current situation of the Selous Game Reserve, one among Africa's biggest wildlife conservation area, was not economically viable to benefit Tanzania through tourism, mostly hunting safaris and a few photographic safaris being carried in the Reserve.

The Tanzanian president then directed the Ministry of Natural Resources to split Selous Game Reserve ...