Mali’s Ex-PM Charged with Embezzlement as Junta Tightens Grip
Mali’s military junta has taken a dramatic step by charging former Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga with embezzlement and money laundering. This legal action comes just months after Maiga, who led the civilian wing of the junta after the 2021 coup, was dismissed from his post. Prior to his dismissal, he had publicly criticized the junta’s decision […]
SA Minister Probed for Racial Slurs as Apartheid Tensions Resurface
South Africa’s Human Rights Commission is investigating Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie over resurfaced social media posts in which he used one of the country’s most offensive racial slurs. The posts, made between 2011 and 2017, emerged shortly after McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance filed its own racism complaint against a podcast that mocked Coloured people, the […]
Uganda Confirms US Migrant Deal After Initial Denial
Uganda has confirmed a controversial agreement with the United States to host deported migrants, reversing its earlier denial of such a deal. The arrangement, part of President Donald Trump’s broader immigration policy, allows Washington to transfer rejected asylum seekers, who are unwilling to return to their home countries, to Uganda. However, Kampala has set clear conditions: no […]
New Study Quadruples Giraffe Species Count in Africa
Africa’s towering giraffes just got a major reclassification—scientists now classify giraffes into four distinct species instead of one. Using genetic data, anatomical studies, and decades of fieldwork, researchers split them into Northern, Southern, Masai, and reticulated giraffes, each facing unique conservation challenges. Northern giraffes, with only 7,000 left, are among the world’s most endangered large mammals, […]
