Amah Ayivi, the Togolese designer creating high fashion with discarded clothes
By recovering clothes discarded in the West, Togolese designer Amah Ayiv gives them new life through his high fashion creations.
Mauritius arrests the ship’s captain as it keeps leaking oil after splitting in two
The cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius on 25 July, causing incalculable damage, has split in two and its captain has been arrested.
Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, the African farmer who brings water to wild animals, is ready for a new challenge
The story of Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, the farmer bringing water to animals during droughts, has fascinated many. We asked him about his new project.
The illegal rosewood trade is funding armed conflict in Senegal
The illegal rosewood trade, worth millions of dollars, is in the hands of Senegalese rebel groups, Gambian government officials and Chinese buyers.
Hundreds of elephants have died in Botswana and no one knows why
Over 350 elephants in Botswana have died in the Okavango Delta region. The cause of this catastrophic die-off is still unknown.
Leonardo DiCaprio launches a fund to protect Virunga National Park in Congo
Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has contributed two million dollars to a fund to protect Virunga National Park in Congo from threats such as terrorism, the coronavirus and poaching.
With bare hands, how Uganda’s Kalongo Hospital is fighting the coronavirus
Kalongo Hospital in Uganda is on high alert. Medics are facing the pandemic amid an already precarious healthcare situation, in a country with only 55 intensive care beds.
Tim the elephant dies in Kenya: Africa loses one of its last giant tuskers
One of Africa’s last and largest “tuskers”, Tim the elephant, died from natural causes after roaming Amboseli National Park for five decades and surviving multiple life-threatening attacks.
Rhino poaching decreases in South Africa for the fifth year in a row
Grazie ai crescenti sforzi del governo, nel 2019 il numero di rinoceronti uccisi è calato a 594, contro i 769 del 2018.
Tech giants sued over child labour, deaths and injuries in cobalt mining in the DRC
Apple, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla are among the tech companies named in a lawsuit brought in the US by the families of children killed and maimed in cobalt mining activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.