Kenya Sees a Baby Boom of Over 200 elephants, or “Covid Gifts”
Although some animals have thrived in the less crowded parks during the pandemic, Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on conservation on the African continent and the millions of livelihoods which depend on ecotourism. In March 2020, Kenya abruptly closed its border in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. The country’s billion-dollar […]
Rebuilding the Communities of the Herero and Nama People
Germany has agreed to fund projects in Namibia worth $1.3bn over 30 years to atone for its role in mass killings and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago, according to a Namibian government spokesman. The funds will be used for infrastructure, healthcare and training programmes that would directly benefit the affected […]
South Africans Will Soon Know How Much Everyone Gets Paid in a Firm
Plans are afoot to make amendments to South Africa’s Companies Act that would require companies to report on wage differentials. This is the gap between executive pay and the lowest paid workers in the company. The announcement was made by South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel. This is a significant development. The […]
Tone Deaf Gesture Leaves Zimbabweans Angry
The Zimbabwean government unveiled a statue of the liberation heroine and anti-colonialism figurehead Mbuya Nehanda in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday amid controversy about its priorities while the economy and health system collapse. Critics attacked the government’s decision to spend an unknown amount of money on the statue, which had to be remade after the […]
More Countries are Now Decriminalizing the Use of Marijuana in Africa
As more multinational companies are setting up cannabis farms across the world, more attention has been diverted to Africa. Morocco is one of the world’s largest producers of cannabis and suppliers illegal by-products like Hashish. The North African country adopted Wednesday the law authorizing the therapeutic use of cannabis, a major reform for this North […]
One of Burkina Faso’s Richest Men Denies Trafficking Cigarettes across West Africa
Selling cigarettes to smugglers who pay jihadists to protect their convoys. That’s the accusation leveled against the Burkina Faso representative of Phillip Morris International by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP. In an exclusive interview with VOA, Apollinaire Compaoré rejects those findings. In a February report, the Sarajevo-based group cited officials, rivals and […]
There’s a New Leader in Charge of Mali
Mali’s former junta leader Col Assimi Goïta has declared himself the country’s transitional president. He made the announcement after stripping interim President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane of their powers. The two ousted leaders were freed from military detention, where they had been held since Monday in what was seen as Mali’s second coup […]
Goma on Tenterhooks
Tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after authorities issued an evacuation order warning that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano could erupt again. At least 31 people have died and 30,000 were forced to flee their homes when the volcano in the […]
Scores Still Missing after Tragic Boat Ride in Nigeria
Nigerian rescue workers pulled more than three dozen bodies from the water on Thursday after an overcrowded riverboat sank leaving more than 150 people missing and feared drowned. Survivors and officials said only 20 people were rescued on Wednesday when the wooden boat ferrying passengers to a market broke apart and sank as it travelled […]
Rwanda Gets the Apology it’s been Longing For
President Emmanuel Macron has asked for “the gift of forgiveness” from the people of Rwanda after admitting for the first time that France bears a “terrible responsibility” for the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the 1994 genocide. The French premier’s visit to the east African country, as well as his words of contrition, will […]
