Miraculous Rescue Raises Concerns about Children Working in Sudan
A 10-year-old boy has been rescued after spending eight hours in the crushing mechanism of a rubbish lorry in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The boy, identified by police as Majed Mubarak Ibrahim, was working with a truck run by the Khartoum State Cleaning Corporation. It is believed he was pulled into the lorry as he threw […]
Gains Made Against FGM Lost During Lockdowns
The campaign to stop the mutilation of the genitalia of hundreds of girls at the end of next month, when schools close for Easter, is in full swing here. School holidays are when the cuttings happen, on girls from six upwards. The longer the holiday, the more girls who will be cut, and from March […]
Huawei Caught Flouting Labour Rules in South Africa
Despite discussions between the two parties, no compromise has been reached regarding the share of foreign employees in the Huawei workforce (around 90%, according to the South African government). The matter is now before the courts. South African legislation requires a maximum of 40% of foreign employees for firms operating in the country. However, the […]
Mobile Gamers are behind the Rise of Gaming in sub-Saharan Africa
A 2021 study commissioned by Newzoo, a games analytics company and Carry1st, a South African gaming platform, shows that the number of gamers in sub-Saharan Africa has risen to 186 million people from 77 million in 2015. With 24 million gamers, South Africa tops the continent having 40% of its population playing followed by Ghana […]
Striking a Better Deal for Africa’s Blue Economy
To regulate the fishing industry, African countries have signed numerous agreements with trading blocs such as the European Union (EU). The EU has two forms of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements with African states: the tuna agreement and the mixed agreement. The tuna agreement allows EU vessels to pursue migrating tuna stocks as they move along […]
South African Miners Gear Up for a Showdown
South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is set to meet unions this week over a looming strike at its gold operations in the country. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which has been mediating between the two sides, cleared the unions to give strike notice a month ago after declaring an impasse in wage […]
Tracing an International Crime Ring Shipping Ivory from Africa
African elephants have drastically dwindled as targets of the illegal ivory trade, but the DNA contained within their tusks is pointing to the very criminal networks that poached them. Researchers used genetic testing on ivory shipments seized by law enforcement and were able to trace the international crime ring shipping the ivory from Africa. The […]
