First global Counter Terrorism Prosecutors Network launched
Pretoria, South Africa – In a first for prosecutors worldwide, the Counter Terrorism Prosecutors Network (CTPN) was launched on 14...
Nigeria’s Buhari faces toughest of tests in the Niger Delta
Nigeria appears to finally be making some inroads against Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group that has plagued it for years. But as...
Three Things You Need to Know about China’s and the United States’ Announcement on Ivory Trade
Last week Chinese President Xi Jinping travelled to Washington to meet with President Barack Obama. As with all meetings of two heads of...
How the US is expanding its fight against extremism in Africa
From the perspective of a US national security specialist, we live in a dark and gloomy world. Numerous worldwide threats exist across...
This American man and his family are caught on a forgotten front line of the global refugee crisis
Abdul is an American citizen on the front line of the biggest worldwide refugee crises of modern times. He’s not an aid worker, a soldier...
Rhino Day: Beautiful calf born [Pics]
Rhinos Without Borders is celebrating the birth of a rhino calf following the relocation of its mother to Botswana. The organisation,...
LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: It is time to formally recognize conflict ivory
The 70th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on September 15 amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis of refugees...
The Islamic State West Africa continues to utilize women as suicide bombers
Boko Haram, which now calls itself the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWA), continues to utilize women as suicide bombers in...
Tech for tuskers: protecting Africa's elephants with Google
As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the...
Voices from the Savannah: Poignant images show fragile existence of Africa's wildlife which coul
These poignant pictures of Africa's biggest beasts in the wild show how fragile their lives are in the face of poachers, human...