Gifted young Kenyan chess champion kept in check by the bureaucracy
MUKURU KWA NJENGA, Kenya — With a nonchalance only teenagers have, the 13-year-old shook out the contents of a tote bag onto the table in [read more…]
Magazine
The Great Elephant Debate: Legalising ivory trade will be a giant mistake
For most experts concerned about the survival of elephants, the idea that a global ivory market could be part of the solution was discarded as [read more…]
Despite resistance,LGBTQ rights have gotten better in Africa
Botswana’s High Court ruled for LGBTQI rights in the southern African country on Tuesday — another historic decision in favor of equality, diversity and dignity. [read more…]
Africa’s largest cold war battle ground could become an elephant sanctuary
It was the biggest battle fought on African soil since the Second World War: a titanic clash in a civil war that left swathes of Angola [read more…]
The new frontier of cold war
Last week, the 12th US-Africa Business Summit, a high-level event attended by 11 African heads of state and government and some 1,000 business leaders, was [read more…]
Ugandan village awaits justice after eviction by an oil extraction project
In August 2014, Onyera Lucy and other residents of Rwamutonga village in the Hoima district of Uganda woke up to gunshots and teargas. Their homes [read more…]
The Improper African Border Lines
Do geographically delineated borders, imposed on the continent during the 19th-century colonial Scramble for Africa have any real meaning when movement across them has been [read more…]
Missionaries or Mercenaries: The Royal-Backed UK Charity Accused of ‘Laundering’ the Reputation of an Oil-Rich African Autocrat
A royal-backed UK charity, investigates LIONEL FAULL, reveals details that it has been involved in bolstering the regime that runs one of Africa’s most authoritarian [read more…]
Generation Y in Ghana working to make farming attractive
After he graduated from university, Vozbeth Kofi Azumah was reluctant to tell anyone – even his mother – what he planned to do for a [read more…]
The young want to leave Africa
Youth unemployment and migration are global phenomena, particularly given the level of international economic stagnation. Africa is no exception: Growing unemployment does not encourage the [read more…]