Scientists have found one of the world’s rarest chameleons “clinging to survival” after fearing it had become extinct since its initial discovery in the 1990s because of massive deforestation, a new study finds. Researchers discovered a population of Chapman’s pygmy chameleons (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) surviving in small patches of rainforest in southern Malawi in southeastern Africa. …
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For Nigerians, 1996 lives in cultural memory as the year its soccer team, the Super Eagles, became global icons during the Summer Olympics. And, 25 years later, it’s clear that team had an impact that stretched far beyond the nation’s borders. Nigeria’s Dream Team was responsible for cementing the country’s place as a soccer nation…
The British government has been criticised by the UN for a lack of resolution over colonial-era crimes committed in Kenya.Six UN special rapporteurs have written to the government expressing concern over its failure to provide “effective remedies and reparations” to the Kipsigis and Talai peoples.The Kipsigis and Talai clans of Kericho county, Kenya were brutally evicted by the British army between 1895 and 1963 to make way for lucrative tea plantations owned by white settlers.Having never received any form of redress for the human rights violations they suffered, they filed a complaint to the UN calling for an investigation in…
Africa Geographic is now the private TRAVEL & CONSERVATION club for those who want their safaris and donations to make a real difference in Africa. Our public website, social media pages and newsletter are available for non-members, as is some of our content – but the membership benefits described below are for club members only. Q&A with our CEO, Simon Espley 1. WHY the change to a private club when Africa Geographic’s core principles of ‘celebrate Africa & do good’ remain unchanged? SE: To answer this question I need to remind you of our Africa Geographic mission – how we…
Issued on: 02/08/2021 – 23:01Modified: 02/08/2021 – 23:02 In tonight’s edition: Amid a surge in covid infections, Nigeria’s frontline doctors have begun an indefinite strike. The country’s Association of Resident Doctors says the government have ignored their demands which include allowances and months of backpay. The UN warns Burkina Faso jihadists are increasingly recruiting child soldiers. And in Senegal, French residents are frustrated with France’s ‘European health pass’. Source link
In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of a flow of “discontented young men” that included the otherwise unfamiliar Johannes Moeng, Jacob Lesabeer, Spencer Tlhole, and Victor Vuysine Vinjike, observed by colonial intelligence agents. Security reports at the time portrayed them as mostly “obscure” and rather “bewildered.” British colonial security agents routinely monitored the thousands of men and women who entered the High Commission Territory because of the risk of reprisals and retaliatory actions by South Africa’s Special Branch police. South African Special Branch spies and agents were…
Sovereign bonds updatesSign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Sovereign bonds news. Rwanda raised $620m from investors on Monday as it sold international bonds for only the second time, making it the latest of a flurry of African nations to take advantage of recent benign conditions in bond markets.The sale of new 10-year debt drew more than $1.6bn of orders, according to bankers arranging the deal. Investors have been drawn to relatively high-yielding emerging market dollar bonds in recent weeks amid a plunge in developed country bond yields which has pushed US and European…
When the US gymnast Simone Biles decided to withdraw from the team and all-around events at the Tokyo Olympics, it prompted a debate about mental health in elite sport.Biles spoke about the importance of preserving her mental health and the need to “protect our minds and our bodies,” adding: “We are people, at the end of the day.”Dr. Tshepang Tshube, a lecturer at Botswana University, says more needs to be done to protect elite athletes who are susceptible to mental health issues due to ‘public scrutiny, social media and pressure to win at all cost’.Produced and edited by Rajni Boddington…
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