Understanding the economic cost of corruption in Kenya
Kenya is perceived as one of the world’s most corrupt countries. It ranked 143 out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s 2017 corruption perception index. [read more…]
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Last March of the ‘Wooden Elephants’: Africa’s Ancient Baobabs Are Dying
Researchers fear the trees are parched by drought and rising temperatures linked to climate change. On January 7, 2016, a group of tourists set out [read more…]
Child sex for a dollar on Kenya’s palm-fringed beaches
“It’s easy to get men. I find them at the market, concerts, weddings and on the beach. Most girls in my village do it. I [read more…]
Child Soldiers in Africa: Recruitment in CAR Civil War Is Surging, With the U.N. Struggling to Assist Children
Five years ago, when Hassan was 11, militiamen killed his father not far from his home in Kaga Bandoro, a small, cattle-trading town in the [read more…]
How ‘African’ is Northern Africa?
When the Egyptian Mohammed Salah won the 2017 African Footballer of the Year, the internet went into an uproar. Why? Some Africans did not think [read more…]
In areas displaced by Boko Haram, the lure of home comes with risk
How much would you risk to go home? That’s the question tens of thousands of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram are grappling with as officials [read more…]
How Officials, Businesses and Traffickers Hide Billions from Cash-Starved Governments Offshore
From Cape Verde’s white-sand beaches to Niger’s vast deserts, West African countries are plundered by companies and individuals, while governments do little to stem the [read more…]
Labelled sorcerers, Cameroonian children with sickle-cell disease face death
“I killed my child because he was going to die anyway. Before, he was suffering greatly. Now he is at peace.” DOUALA, Cameroon, – Sitting [read more…]
Ghanaian shoe seller vows to bring Yahya Jammeh to justice
A Ghanaian man is leading a campaign to bring The Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh to justice over the murder of 55 migrants who were [read more…]
‘We don’t need men’: Widows and rebel wives rebuild war-scarred Uganda
Women who were abducted and raped by the Lord’s Resistance Army have teamed up to support each other PAICHO, Uganda, At the entrance to a [read more…]