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Ebola victims sue Sierra Leone government for mismanaging contingency funds
Two Sierra Leonean victims of the deadly Ebola virus have taken their government to court for mismanaging funds set aside to deal with the epidemic between 2013 and 2016. The two filed a case with the...
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Over 400 ex-child soldiers awarded $10 million in damages for their plight
Former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have finally found reprieve for their suffering during the deadly Congolese civil war after the International Criminal Court (ICC) awarded them...
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Zambia’s Luambe National Park named world’s most carbon neutral park
Zambia’s Luambe National Park is now the world’s most carbon neutral national park, according to a recent report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The announcement,...
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All-female Ethiopian airline crew breaks gender barriers with historic flight to Nigeria
Ethiopian Airlines, the national flag carrier of Ethiopia made history on Saturday when it deployed an all-female crew for a special flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
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DR Congo Loses One Fifth of Its Total Mining Revenue to Corruption
More than $750 million of mining revenue in the Democratic Republic of Congo was lost to a dysfunctional state-owned mining company and opaque national tax agencies between 2013 and 2015. In its latest...
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Burkina Faso boasts of having West Africa’s biggest solar power plant
Power outages in Burkina Faso are set to drop significantly after the country unveiled the biggest solar power plant in West Africa last month. The plant has been hailed as a novel initiative that will...
