A report last week on President Joseph Kabila and his family’s holdings in the Democratic Republic of Congo – copper, cobalt and tin mining among them – offered a comprehensive look at what the Congo Research Group calls “a conservative reading” of assets worth tens of millions of dollars. The…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Powerful tropical cyclone Enawo, which made landfall near Antalaha Tuesday as an intense and destructive storm, continued Wednesday to affect the island nation of Madagascar. At 7 a.m. local time, the slow-moving storm – which is tracking farther inland than originally forecast – continued to make its way south in…
The Energy Observer, a recycled catamaran powered entirely by clean energy, is making final preparations to begin a six-year journey around the world that includes ports in 50 countries. The world’s first hydrogen ship, supported by UNESCO to test renewable energy solutions in the real world, is based in Saint…