February 17 marks World Pangolin Day, a day to commemorate and bring awareness to the plight of the pangolin; the most trafficked animal in the world. The pangolin is being hunted and killed in vast numbers in Africa, where its scales… Continue Reading
By Zimbabwean journalist Sydney Kawadza, originally published in Business Weekly. Horrendous figures coming out of Zimbabwe indicate the loss of about 330 000 hectares of forests annually due to a variety of activities including agriculture, domestic use and veld fires,… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Mike Ssegawa, first published in Watchdog Uganda. Rice is cheap in Lukaya Town, Kalungu District in Uganda. And if you visit any shop on let’s say Monday morning, the commodity flies off the shelves in lightning speeds – because… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Christopher Bendana, first published in New Vision. “It fetches more money,” he said. “My colleagues are selling the variety at sh2,200 per kilo, compared to sh800 for the local ones.” UGANDA – There is a new type of… Continue Reading
By Kenyan journalist Moraa Obiria, first published on Jadmedia.org. Food security in Kenya has been threatened by the increase of pests and diseases which is linked to climate change and now farmers are adapting. Changing climatic patterns in Kenya has… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project at the Wits Journalism Department hosted a delegation from Chongqing Jiaotong University (重庆交通大学) at Wits University on 23 January 2018. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss possible cooperation and collaborative projects between Chongqing Jiaotong University… Continue Reading
By Botswana journalist Sharon Tshipa, first published in Global Post (Botswana). The notion of migration is as old as time. Throughout history, and to date, human migration has been spurred by varied economic, political, social and environmental reasons. In the… Continue Reading
By Kenyan journalist Allan Olingo Ogunah, first published in The East African on 30 December 2017 It is midday on the pristine Watamu beach on the Kenyan Coast, and the blazing sun has kept everyone under beach umbrellas. Being peak… Continue Reading
By Nigerian journalist Odinaka Anudu, originally published on Business Day Online (Nigeria). Note: Following the publication of this feature on 24 December, on 28 December the The Federal Government of Nigeria, in order to address the corruption outlined in this feature, announced… Continue Reading
By Andrew Mtupanyama, first published in The Nation on Sunday (Malawi) on 10 December 2017. Note: In 2017 Nation Publications Limited (NPL) journalist Andrew Mtupanyama travelled around Malawi to compile a detailed visual picture of China’s major infrastructural projects to enable… Continue Reading