Asiya Mohammed will become the first female Kenyan rower to attend an Olympic Games after earning a ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Continue reading…
Belarus repression and the Taliban advance: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue reading…
World Elephant Day: inside Kenya’s first indigenously run sanctuary for orphans
Established in 2016, the Reteti sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates young elephants so that they can be reintroduced to the wild. It is owned and run by the Samburu communityWords and pictures by Ami VitaleIn the mountains of northern Kenya, a Samburu …
Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger
Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, called Swvl ‘a disruptive platform that solves complex challenges and empowers underserved populations.’
Arrested Biafra separatist’s family accuse Raab of ‘unlawful failure’
Exclusive: Nnamdi Kanu’s relatives threaten judicial review against UK foreign secretary, saying his life is at risk in NigeriaThe family of a British national said to have been arrested in Kenya and taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary renditio…
Field Intelligence targets 11 African cities to expand its pharmacy inventory-management service
The company’s Shelf Life project aims to remedy the inventory-management issues in Africa’s retail pharmacies.