Is Côte d’Ivoire becoming a wildlife trafficking hotspot?
Since 2016, Côte d’Ivoire has recorded at least five major wildlife-trafficking events involving seizures and arrests. The most recent was in January, when 578kg of [read more…]
Since 2016, Côte d’Ivoire has recorded at least five major wildlife-trafficking events involving seizures and arrests. The most recent was in January, when 578kg of [read more…]
Sixty years ago, Belgium set up a live display of people from Congo for the 1958 world fair. Now the country is rethinking that legacy [read more…]
Two Nigerian kidnapping victims are working to keep other girls from suffering the horrors they faced. Standing on a corner just off Manhattan’s Times Square, [read more…]
NAIROBI — Faced with police shakedowns and abuse, rejection from religious conservatives and rampant discrimination, Kenyan LGBT rights activists are challenging provisions of this former [read more…]
Ethiopia and Greece’s relationship dates back to ancient times, and a small community is keeping both cultures alive. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – “Did you know [read more…]
Monitoring mammal species is a crucial conservation tool. This is particularly true in ecological transition zones – geographical areas in which different habitats, like grassland [read more…]
South African anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died on Monday April 2, following a long illness. People from across the world continue to celebrate the life [read more…]
He is the English-born son of a king, a fighter pilot, a teetotaling bachelor — and all that made him an unorthodox African president. But [read more…]
The world’s most powerful nations are once again competing for the control of the abundant natural resources of the African continent. Some analysts describe this [read more…]
Amid claims of police brutality in Kenya, a watchdog fails to bite Western donors have given millions of dollars to help fund the Independent Police [read more…]
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