Didier Drogba and his dressing-room intervention in Ivory Coast’s civil war

An impassioned dressing-room speech that was televised to the nation after one of the country's greatest sporting moments had ...
Reuters

South Africa arrests Kenyans working on US refugee applications

JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - South Africa on Wednesday said its authorities had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on ...
Reuters

US House committee approves Africa trade bill, no mention of South Africa exclusion for now

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would renew for another three years Washington's preferential trade programme for Africa, and there was no ...
Mongabay

Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its ‘ecological power,’ study says

A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity loss on ecological functions by tracking energy flows within them. It found that declines in birds and small mammals have led to a significant ...