The bodies of five people have been recovered from a collapsed pit in an illicit gold mine in north-eastern Liberia, a local official has said. Around 35 people are still believed to be missing after the walls of the pit caved in on Saturday. The search for the dead and for any survivors is being carried out without specialist equipment… Read more »
A study by conservationists is being conducted at Chester Zoo in order to show the plight facing the world’s most trafficked mammal: the Pangolin. They are studying the nocturnal creatures in different areas over the world and publicly displaying live videos of the struggles they face trying to survive daily. These animals are collected and killed for their scales, meat,… Read more »
The article about the working women in Kenya is so inspiring and to me because there are so many women suffering under the thumb of the patriarchy across the world and as a feminist, lifting up other women who have it worse than I do and watching them succeed is so important to me. The Chama Wezadada is really cool… Read more »
Uganda’s health system is known for being corrupt; lacking basic supplies such as certain vaccines and medications. A group of BBC journalist were recently arrested for possessing illegal prescription drugs by Ugandan police. This has been a controversial arrest, with one Ugandan spokesman stating the team was only trying to help expose the corruption and demanding that the team be… Read more »
The Cameroonian opposition leader who claims he won last year’s election has been arrested. Police arrested Maurice Kamto on Monday along with several other opposition figures, including one who was pulled out of his hospital bed where he was recovering from gunshot wounds sustained at a protest against the central African country’s longtime president, Paul Biya. Kamto was arrested at… Read more »
Islamic militants in Somalia have shot dead a senior manager running the port of Bossaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, and a car bomb has killed at least 11 in Mogadishu. The assassination of Paul Anthony Formosa, a Maltese citizen who worked for the Dubai government-owned P&O Ports, and the bombing in the capital, were both claimed by the extremist group… Read more »