Foreign-led Scramble for the Continent’s Natural Resources
In Uganda’s Albertine Rift, an immense network of grasslands and mountains that supports great biodiversity, two energy giants are preparing to extract the largest onshore oil deposit in sub-Saharan Africa. A serious cause for concern is the wildlife inhabiting the area. Some drilling will take place within Murchison Falls National Park which is home to […]
Mapping Out Africa’s Economic Recovery Plan
Several African leaders on Thursday attended the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa summit in Abidjan to discuss ways to support economic recovery on the continent after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many countries, already seeing little growth, have been forced to roll back restrictions due to rising virus cases, affecting revenues and […]
Fighting for Harare’s Majestic Herd
A Zimbabwean environmental group is suing the government over plans to export elephants to China. The group, Advocates4Earth, accuses China of subjecting elephants to unhealthy conditions. In an application to Zimbabwe’s High Court, Advocates4Earth is seeking to prevent the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority from going through with the export. Lenin Tinashe Chisaira, who […]
Unabated Abuse in Libya’s Migrant Centres
New evidence of starvation and abuses inside migrant detention centres has been collected from migrants inside seven facilities across Libya. A report by Amnesty International comes less than a month after Médecins Sans Frontières announced it was suspending its operations at two centres in Libya because of increasing violence towards refugees and migrants. Amnesty says […]
Five Hypotheses for What has Led to more African Leaders Dying of COVID-19
Seventeen African leaders – national ministers and heads of state – had lost their lives to COVID-19 by February 2021. The continent is made up of 54 countries, so there’s a high number of leaders, but the number of deaths is out of proportion compared with other continents (where the global total is five). In […]
Officials Concerned by Rising Deaths Caused by Pandemic
Africa has recorded a 43% rise in Covid-19 deaths in the last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. “This is a clear warning sign that hospitals in the most impacted countries are reaching a breaking-point,” the WHO’s Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said. Many countries lack oxygen, intensive care units and specialised staff. Namibia, South […]
LRC Statement on Civil Unrest in South Africa
The Legal Resources Centre condemns the current acts of violence and incitement to commit public violence that have caused irreparable harm to our constitutional democracy and are an affront to the rule of law. The LRC welcomes the statement made by Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga, spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority on behalf of the National […]
