CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – South African nature filmmaker Craig Foster was burned out. He had lost his passion for working on documentaries such as “Blue Planet 2.” To re-energize, he started free diving without an oxygen tank or wet suit near in the chilly waters off the Western Cape, where he’d grown up. The dives served as a form of therapy, comforting yet challenging the depths of his understanding of marine life. He remembered seeing indigenous San bushmen ply their tracking skills in southern Africa’s Central Kalahari Desert 20…
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Cameroon: Richard Amougou Celebrating 20 Years in Music
The artist presented his new album entitled Le Temps in a press conference in Yaounde on February 18, 2020.The new album of Richard Amougou entitled Le Temps was presented to the public on February 18, 2020 during a press conference at Hotel Safyad in …
Read MoreCollared Elephant Killed as Botswana Prepares to Issue 272 Hunting Licenses
GABORONE, BOTSWANA – A hunter has gunned down a collared elephant in Botswana, the first illegal killing since the country lifted a five-year ban on hunting the animals. The killing has conservationists concerned but not opposed to elephant hunting, as…
Read MoreNigeria: Food Assistance Fact Sheet Updated September 30, 2019
SITUATION As of August, an estimated 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) resided in northeastern Nigeria’s Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. Additionally, about 240,000 Nigerian refugees had fled violence in the northeast and sought shelter …
Read MoreStates Call for Enhanced Arms Control Strategies to Regulate ‘Killer Robots’, Stem Rising Tide of Illegal Weapons, Delegates Tell First Committee
Calling for more control of the flow of small arms and light weapons and enhanced regulations on autonomous weapons systems, delegates highlighted the damage done to communities around the world by a range of legal and illegal weaponry, as the First Co…
Read MoreZimbabwe Government Doctors Put Down Their Instruments
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government doctors went on strike Tuesday, demanding a salary increase to cover the soaring cost of living. The doctors, like many government workers, say inflation has made it impossible to meet basic needs.Peter Gabriel Mugombeyi,…
Read MoreChild Soldiers and Deaths Surge in Mali as Violence Worsens
DAKAR – The number of children forced to join armed groups in Mali has doubled since last year amid worsening jihadist and ethnic violence, the United Nations said Tuesday.In the first six months of 2019, the U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, recorded 99…
Read MorePelosi to Observe 400th Anniversary of Slave Trade in Ghana
ACCRA, GHANA – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Ghana with a U.S. congressional delegation for high-level talks and a commemoration of the 400-year-old slave trade from Africa to the New World. The visitors were to be received Monday evening by Gh…
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