The One thing Missing from Prince William’s Plea for Africa’s Wildlife
A video that shows the Duke of Cambridge visiting wildlife projects in Tanzania has been criticised for excluding African experts and promoting a “white saviour” mentality. The film, shown this week at the international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London, highlights conservationist work in Dar es Salaam Port and at Mkomazi National Park.
SOURCES: The Guardian
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UN Women’s Global HeforShe Initiative to Drive Gender Equality
The United Nations’ HeforShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of gender equality. Its goal is to achieve equality by encouraging both genders to partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and behaviors, faced by people with feminine personalities/genders. Namibia and South Africa both score in the Top 20 in the WEF global report on gender equality – after closing 78% to 76% of their gender gaps – but Sub-Saharan Africa still displays a wider range of gender gap outcomes than practically any other region.
SOURCES: Africa.com
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Buhari’s Achilles Heel
Opposition candidates seeking to unseat Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, are attacking his economic record and treatment of foreign investors as election season intensifies in Africa’s most populous country. Four members of Buhari’s own party who have defected to the opposition to challenge him are pitching themselves as more business-minded candidates who can jump-start a sluggish economic recovery.
SOURCES: Ozy
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Sudan is now on the Other Side of the Peace Coin
Sudan's Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed talks to Al Jazeera about his country's human rights record, the lifting of US sanctions, the war in Yemen, and Sudan's role as peacemaker in South Sudan.
SOURCES: Al Jazeera
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Redressing Somalia's Wounds
Hundreds of mourners and government officials in Somalia gathered over the weekend at K-5 junction, where a year ago a truck bomb killed 587 people in the country’s deadliest terrorist attack. The Somali government has officially renamed the junction as “October 14 Junction” in respect of the victims of the attack.
SOURCES: VOA, Washington Post
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Here’s Why Tanzanian Rangers Sleep Better at Night
In response to the surge in ivory poaching in Africa, where the elephant population fell by around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015, EarthRanger which is tech platform that aggregates remote sensor readings of animal movements, trackers on radios and vehicles, camera trap photos and data from GPS-powered “geo fences” to give rangers in wildlife reserves and parks such as Grumeti a clear view of protected areas has been launched. The platform alerts them when threats are picked up through the data.
SOURCES: Reuters
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Giving Zimbabwean Women the Voice they Deserve
Thirty years after her iconic debut novel, Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga is back with a final look at her heroine’s harrowing journey through the Mugabe years, hoping to spark debate about violence against women in her country.
SOURCES: iAfrica
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Dewji's Family Ups the Stakes
The family of Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has offered a $440,000 reward for information that leads to his rescue. The police have arrested more than 20 people in connection with the abduction. But both the motive for the kidnapping and his whereabouts are still unclear.
SOURCES: BBC
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Kenya’s Ungracious Guests
As the country embraces China’s expanding presence in the region, many Kenyans wonder whether the nation has unwittingly welcomed an influx of powerful foreigners who are shaping the country’s future — while also bringing racist attitudes with them.
SOURCES: New York Times
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The Wests Look for Inspiration in Uganda
Kanye West believes that Uganda will help him finish, and perfect, his long-awaited album. The publicity may be good for Uganda, but the trip could be dismissed as the latest stunt in months of disconcerting public appearances for the Grammy-winning rapper. While Uganda tourism officials and African music producers may be excited about West’s trip, his visit to the continent comes with growing concerns over West’s increasingly erratic behaviour.
SOURCES: Quartz Africa
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