Rugby Africa in scrum for gender parity in the sport with new advisory committee
Rugby Africa moved its campaign for gender equality notch higher with the launch on Thursday of Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee (WRAC) and sub-committees that will be charged with the promotion of the sport among women. As part of Rugby Africa’s broader strategy, the role of WRAC and its sub committees...
Rugby Africa: Namibia’s iconic women’s rugby coach Kotze is ‘Unstoppable’
Rugby Africa’s Unstoppable Christel Janet (CJ) Kotze chose the unbeaten path when she followed her father’s footsteps to the helm rugby in Namibia, and now Africa. To her, patience and determination are the ingredients of a personality that has propelled her to the top of a sport that only began...
ICC Appeals Chamber upholds 30-year jail term for former DRC rebel leader
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has upheld the decision by Trial Chamber VI of July 8, 2019 found Bosco Ntaganda guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Consequently, Mr Ntaganda will serve 30 years imprisonment as had been decided by the Trial Chamber...
Terrorism: Mozambique crisis to get worse by June without international intervention
The threat to Mozambique isn’t just about gas. It isn’t just about money or security or power or territorial integrity. The conflict in Cabo Delgado is wrecking people’s lives on a vast scale. More than 700,000 people have already fled their homes in northern Mozambique and the count is still...
Mozambique in need of urgent support to overcome terrorists and restore hope
“You may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise”. Maya Angelou was so right. These profound words do ring true today when we look at the recent cowardly attacks by terrorists on defenceless Mozambicans. There’s so much at stake in Mozambique, where the separatist militia known...
Kenya granted full membership of Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
Kenya announced today announced that it had joined the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business as a full member of the 27-year-old organisation. The announcement was made by the East African nation’s Charge d’Affaires at the Kenya High Commission in Ottawa Stephen Lorete. The chamber of business was founded almost here decades...
Kenya’s maritime, railway hubs now likely nodes and magnets for Chinese illicit trade
Kenya is the focal point in Africa for China’s New Silk Road project that is expected to create terrestrial and maritime trade and commerce networks that link African, European and Asian countries. And danger looms, experts warn. From sounding initially as grandiose and unachievable when it was mooted nearly a...
Covid: Pefa Church cleric huffs and puffs at Kenya’s ‘careless’ President Kenyatta
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leadership have come under stinging criticism for putting their love for power and money above of the safety and basic needs of millions of Kenyans grappling with the devastating effects of coronavirus pandemic. On a weekend that saw thousands of travelling Kenyans caught off-guard...
New report accuses Tanzania police, courts of complicity in wildlife crimes
In late November 2020, a judgment was made in an appeal case in the High Court of Tanzania at Mtwara, a small port city near the Mozambique border. The appeal was filed by Tanzania’s Director of Public Prosecutions against Mateso Kasian (also known as ‘Chupi’ which means ‘underwear’ in Kiswahili),...
How major wildlife crimes in Tanzania are covered up and convictions quashed
When a Tanzanian court overturned the conviction of a notorious wildlife poacher and ivory trafficker Boniface Matthew Malyango mid-last year, conservationists held their breath. Years of tracking down and assembling the evidence and the resources that were committed to the protection of wildlife and the environment had been dealt a...
