Human rights and child labour. Amnesty accuses computer and smartphone battery manufacturers
Secondo Amnesty International il cobalto utilizzato nelle batterie dei dispositivi elettronici e nelle auto verrebbe estratto e lavorato anche da minori.
Humanitarian photographer Leila Alaoui died in the attack in Ouagadougou
È morta nell’attentato terroristico del 15 gennaio in Burkina Faso. Leila Alaoui ci lascia in eredità un universo fotografico intimo e appassionato.
South Africa, rangers kill two rhino poachers
Nel Kruger National Park due cacciatori sono morti in uno scontro a fuoco con i ranger del parco.
Hip hop for hope with Poppin’ Chris. Helping street kids dance their way to change
Chris Hirwa is an Afro-poppin’ specialist, in other words he brings an Afro touch to the popping dance, a street dance based on fast muscle contractions that cause jerks called pops in the body. He isn’t only an incredible dancer, he is one who fighs for a cause. Using the power of hip hop to
Watch Kenya’s wonderful wildlife being broadcast live from natural reserves
Per la prima volta sarà possibile vivere in diretta l’incontro notturno con i leoni nel Masai Mara e il reinserimento di alcune tartarughe marine nell’Oceano Indiano.
The Rwandan referendum has spoken, Kagame can stay. Let the people decide
Rwandans around the world came together in a vote that gave President Kagame the right to run for a third term in 2017, year in which his current mandate ends. On the 18th of December over 98% voted yes according to the results. In an effort to build a country for themselves which can lift
34 Muslim countries team up to fight terrorism
Il mondo musulmano si unisce per contrastare il terrorismo, non solo l’Isis. Una coalizione di 34 paesi vuole porre fine alla violenza, anche ideologica.
Kenya, elephant poaching fell by 35%
Secondo un recente studio l’uccisione di pachidermi sarebbe calata notevolmente dal 2012 ad oggi.
Botswana authorises fracking in Kgalagadi National Park, condemning its wildlife
Il Paese ha venduto i diritti per l’estrazione di gas naturale in una delle aree dell’Africa più importanti dal punto di vista naturalistico.
A mega solar plant in Morocco will bring energy to 1 million people
Located outside the city of Ouarzazate, the plant will have a surface area equivalent to that of Morocco’s capital, Rabat and will generate 580 megawatts (MW) of electricity, the BBC reports. It employs a large number of moveable mirrors that can follow the sun’s path and harness sunlight to melt salt contained inside the structure’s circuit.