The government of Sudan has decided to seize the assets of the formerly ruling National Congress Party of toppled President Omar al-Bashir. The assets to be confiscated will include the headquarters of Bashir’s party in all Sudanese states, as well...
Climate change preceded by cyclic droughts and flash floods is already affecting agriculture, a key economic sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. In rural Kenya, Paul Koech, a 37-year-old father of six from the Kapkatet village in Narok County relies on farming...
1,660kg of cocaine was found in Guinea-Bissau in September 2019, in one of Africa’s biggest drug seizures. The drugs, found in a bungalow outside Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau, was seized with another 250kg of cocaine found in a couple of houses nearby....
London is the second richest city in the world after New York City. According to Business Insider, there are 2.7 trillion dollars of total private wealth in London. London, however, is a divided city. Despite the apparent wealth, London has...
Child marriage is now illegal in Tanzania. The two-year legal battle ended on October 23, when sections 13 and 17 of Tanzania’s Law of Marriage Act were declared “unconstitutional” by the Tanzanian Supreme Court of Appeal. Before the 2016 ruling,...
The climate change crisis is currently ravaging millions of peoples’ livelihoods in the Horn of Africa leading to a rapid increase in demand for humanitarian needs and assistance. As a result, the intensity of cyclic droughts are becoming more severe,...
Over the past weeks, protests have erupted across West Papua and Indonesia with over 200,000 people joining the march. Fuelled by the alleged racist attack of three Papuan students who were shot in their dorms by militia groups, along with...
The second president of the newly independent Botswana, Sir Ketumile Masire, was known for saying, “When we asked for independence, people thought we were either very brave or very foolish.” In 1966, the African nation gained independence after years of...
Rickety huts made out of wood and galvanised steel teeter above gravestones, as children play amongst garbage, open sewage, and the dead. This is a place concealed from the roving eyes of tourists to the Philippines’ vibrant capital, Manila. With...
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