When the ground opened: horizontal landslides empty Kenyan villages
MURANG’A, Kenya, – The heavy rain that pounded Kenya earlier this year brought more than just flooding to the village of Gitugu: it has torn [read more…]
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Young Nigerians choose to fight Boko Haram with books
As Boko Haram’s war against education grinds into its 10th year, a quiet counterinsurgency is also building strength. It’s a fight with unlikely front lines. [read more…]
South Africa: Tensions Between White Farmers and the Black Population Fuel Economic Fears
It’s just after 8 on a crisp morning outside Besters, a farming village in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, and Mhle Msimanga is wading through his [read more…]
The Most Successful Ethnic Group in the U.S. May Surprise You
At an Onyejekwe family get-together, you can’t throw a stone without hitting someone with a master’s degree. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, professors — every family member [read more…]
White rhino killed for 1cm horn despite vets removing most of it to protect her
A white rhino calf has been left orphaned after his mother was killed for just 1cm of horn. Bella, 20, had recently had most of [read more…]
In Sierra Leone-UK mining case, a new attempt to measure the arm of the law
When the police came they did not ask, they did not inform the people,” remembers Fadda Kargbo, a farmer whose village is tucked into the [read more…]
As Cameroon English Speakers Fight to Break Away, Violence Mounts
DAKAR, Senegal — It has a sky-blue-and-white striped flag stamped with a dove and a national anthem that speaks of “the heroes who bore the [read more…]
What Europe could learn from the way Africa treats refugees
Africa hosts more refugees than any other region of the world and many countries are adopting pioneering solutions Across Europe, asylum policies are failing both [read more…]
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…]
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…]