Amnesty International has joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and other advocacy groups in calling on the Tanzanian government to fully investigate what happened to missing freelance journalist Azory Gwanda – gone since November 2017, and now reported dead this week by the foreign minister. Palamagamba Kabudi told the BBC…
A massive effort to shut down illegal wildlife crime has resulted in almost 600 arrests across 109 countries, according to INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO). The Operation Thunderball mission conducted during the month of June led to 1,828 seizures of illegally traded ivory and pangolin scales, live plants and…
In Mozambique, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres begins a two-day visit Thursday to assess the damage from storms Idai and Kenneth, which devastated the country earlier this year. Guterres will meet with President Filipe Nyusi to begin his travel, and receive updated briefings from UN agencies in the field…
A South African animal protection group says 68 horses were taken to their facility because…
A Nigerian-led startup that wants to boost the access to African DNA for research purposes…
Algeria’s interim leader will remain in place until the country holds elections, despite Tuesday marking…
Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing for…
The new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will make its home in Ghana, a…
