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How the Elite Take Billions Offshore – Revealing The Secret Scams of The Rich And Powerful

How the Elite Take Billions Offshore – Revealing The Secret Scams of The Rich And Powerful

From Cape Verde’s white-sand beaches to Niger’s vast deserts, West African countries are plundered by companies and individuals, while governments do little to stem the flow. Government officials, arms merchants and corporations have spirited away millions of dollars from destitute West African nations through offshore tax havens, an investigation by journalists from the region and […]

Oppressive media laws dampen hopes of change in Zimbabwe

Oppressive media laws dampen hopes of change in Zimbabwe

Six months have passed since a coup d’état in Zimbabwe ended the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe, who turned the southern African country into one of the most censored environments in the world. Although the seismic shift in the political situation raised hope for a new, more open era for the country’s media, little has […]

#GuptaLeaks Opened My Eyes – South Africa’s Ramaphosa

#GuptaLeaks Opened My Eyes – South Africa’s Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the media for exposing state capture, saying the thousands of leaked emails from within the Gupta empire made him realise “we were dealing with a much bigger problem than we ever imagined”. Between 200 000 and 300 000 emails were leaked to the media a year ago that set in […]

Major Boost for Digital Rights in the Gambia

Major Boost for Digital Rights in the Gambia

The enjoyment of digital rights has received a major boost in The Gambia with a ruling by the country’s Supreme Court declaring as unconstitutional the law on False Publication on the Internet, among other repressive pieces of legislation, namely defamation and aspects of Sedition. The ruling, which also ordered the Government of The Gambia to […]

Smoking And Sustainable Development – Potentially Reduced Risk Products, A Viable Solution?

Smoking And Sustainable Development – Potentially Reduced Risk Products, A Viable Solution?

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that six million people die prematurely every year because of the consumption of tobacco products. The organization estimates that if nothing changes, there will be more than one billion smokers worldwide by 2025. In recent years, various products considered less harmful alternatives to the conventional cigarette have been designed, […]

Herald reporters on trips with President Mugabe receive $1,000 per day allowance

Herald reporters on trips with President Mugabe receive $1,000 per day allowance

Despite his advancing years and increasing frailty, 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe shows few signs of losing his love for foreign travel, a predilection that is costing his cash-strapped country dear. Having racked up 200,000 air miles since the start of 2016 and outspent the parliamentary budget on trips abroad, Mugabe jetted off to the […]

U.S. TV Personality Greta Van Susteren Helps Transform Liberian Boy

U.S. TV Personality Greta Van Susteren Helps Transform Liberian Boy

For years, Greta Van Susteren has been a familiar face on US cable news network CNN and Fox. But it is what she recently accomplished in Liberia that has many singing her praise. The legal analyst who was a regular feature during the OJ Simpson trial first came in interest in the case of a […]

What You Need to Know Before Reporting on Mugabe

What You Need to Know Before Reporting on Mugabe

Robert Mugabe is still one of the hottest news stories on the African continent – and as he gets older that’s unlikely to change. His health (or lack of it), his glamorous wife Grace and his pronouncements on sanctions and elections: if you’re looking for clicks, Mugabe is your man. But the Zimbabwe and Mugabe […]

Botswana Blacklists Divisive Malawian ‘Prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri

Botswana Blacklists Divisive Malawian ‘Prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri

Controversial South African-based Malawi prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, has been prohibited from entering Botswana without a visa in a development that has left his much-awaited business conference in doubt. Government confirmed the rich self-styled prophet had been listed, meaning he would need to obtain the document ahead of his crusade scheduled for the end of the […]

Something Big Is Going On in Sudan, But Media Is Sound Asleep

Something Big Is Going On in Sudan, But Media Is Sound Asleep

For reasons that I may not know, recent and current trends in Sudan are going without any serious media attention. There is scant reporting on the dialogue process that began in 2013 and which is now resulting in a transition, starting with a transitory era that saw the recent appointment of a prime minister of […]

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