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.
Ebola exists. A day at the heart of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A report from Beni, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shaken by violence and Ebola. Marco Gualazzini’s photographs paint a distressing scenario – in which children are most at risk.
Zambia cancels plans to build open-pit Kangaluwi copper mine in a national park
The Zambian government has announced that construction of the open-pit Kangaluwi copper mine in Lower Zambezi National Park won’t proceed, following strong backlash against the project’s prior approval.
As Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed collects the Nobel Peace Prize, abuses in the Lower Omo Valley must be addressed
Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for reaching peace with Eritrea. Yet, Indigenous groups in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley have been abused by security forces, a fact that the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.
The drought in Zambia is causing starvation, a power crisis and threatening the Victoria Falls
As well as threatening to dry up waterways and natural sites such as the Victoria Falls, the drought in Zambia is forcing millions to turn to wild fruits, roots and poisonous plants to survive hunger.
Fighting on two fronts, Burkina Faso’s plight against terrorism as well as the climate crisis
Already torn apart by desertification, Burkina Faso also faces the terrorist threat. Attacks exacerbate inter-communal clashes and drive people to flee. Read the second part of the reportage on a country fighting for land and integrity.
Southern African states threaten to quit CITES over restrictions on the ivory trade
Four southern African nations are threatening to withdraw from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species after their attempts to relax restrictions on the ivory trade were rejected.
Mountain gorillas’ survival depends on us
Mountain gorillas survive in just two places on Earth. The tale of a unique encounter and how to contribute to these animals’ conservation.
Zambia cancels plans to dam the Luangwa, one of Africa’s longest free-flowing rivers
A large dam along the Luangwa River in Zambia would have posed a serious risk to local people and wildlife, leading hundreds of thousands to oppose it. A call to which the government responded by halting plans to build it.