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The ants are flying in Kenya at the moment. During this rainy season, swarms can be seen leaving the thousands of anthills in and around Gilgil, a quiet agricultural town in Kenya’s Rift Valley that has emerged as the centre of a booming illegal trade. The mating ritual sees winged males leave the nest to […]
Frederico Links breaks down Namibia’s long-awaited Access to Information (ATI) Act what it aims to achieve, why it took more than two decades to materialise, and why implementation has been slow. He also discusses how prepared public institutions are, the challenges citizens may encounter when requesting information, and the safeguards designed to prevent the misuse […]
A gruesome killing in her own family inspired South African Leonora Tima to create a digital platform where people, mostly women, can talk about and track abuse. Leonora’s relative was just 19 years old, and nine months pregnant, when she was killed, her body dumped on the side of a highway near Cape Town in […]
ANGELA WEISS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Ethiopian model Awar Odhiang takes to the catwalk in celestial headgear in the US on Wednesday. TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Upcycled fashion is the star of this event on Saturday in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi… TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Morgan Azedy […]
Construction is booming in Somalia’s capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed Abdi and Saadia Ahmed Omar. The two young female engineers have been overseeing the construction of a 10-floor apartment complex in Taleh in the city’s […]
The moment that Oceangate’s Titan submersible was lost has been revealed in footage recorded on the sub’s support ship. Titan imploded about 90 minutes into a descent to see the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023, killing all five people on board. The passengers had paid Oceangate to see the ship, which lies 3,800m […]
We dived into an issue that affects every Windhoek resident—from the heart of Katutura to the hills of Klein Windhoek. The recent rains have left a trail of destruction across our city’s roads, drainage systems, and public infrastructure. The City of Windhoek has estimated the total cost of repairs at a staggering N$324 million. Now, […]
Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who has worked for the NHS in the field of psychiatry. The Home Office has acknowledged the system is open to abuse, but the BBC […]
The maker of the film Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Discovery, alleging they used imagery from the movie without permission. Production firm Alcon Entertainment claims it had specifically denied a request from Warner Bros to use material from the film at the launch event for Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi. Alcon […]
In a few hours, a spacecraft should blast-off from Florida on the hunt for signs of alien life. Its destination is Europa, a deeply-mysterious moon orbiting the distant planet Jupiter. Trapped under its icy surface could be a vast ocean with double the amount of water on Earth. The Europa Clipper spacecraft will chase a […]