Tanzania’s 120 metric tons of stockpiled ivory, accumulated over the last 23 years is valued at over $50 million and its ”ivory room” warehouse is a…
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They find it offensive that instead of honouring a deserving Malawian such as John Chilembwe, the country’s foremost anti-colonialist hero, the city council of Blantyre, Malawi…
There’s no immediately obvious reason to choose between the UN and China, yet, a simple analysis could be a strong indication of a growing shift in…
The Embobut Forest, a water-rich, 22,000-hectare protected public forest in Kenya’s Elgeyo Marakwet County, has been home to the Sengwer tribe since at least the 1920s.…
Thanks to a law passed in 2011, millions of Cameroonians living abroad are licensed to exercise their civic duty on Sunday, October 7 as the country…
On a continent of 54 sovereign states and several territories made up of at least 3,000 distinct ethnic groups speaking over 2,000 languages, what makes the…
Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Denis Mukwege has dedicated his award to women around the world who have been wounded in wars and those “confronted with violence…
It’s not unusual to find everyday products that are overpriced because they’re branded “made from natural sources,” “organic” or “handmade in small batches.” But an African…
1. Mauritius Doing Business world rank: 25 Days to start a business: 6 Days to get electricity: 81 Days to register property: 17 *It takes men…
Lions once roamed free across the grasslands of Africa. These days, only about 20,000 of them are left on the continent – a reduction of approximately…