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Ghana Sets Out to Save Endangered Monkey Species

NAIROBI, KENYA — Authorities in Ghana are trying to save an endangered monkey species from extinction. Authorities say human activities are destroying the habitats of the white-naped mangabey monkeys that only live in a few parts of West Africa.At the …

Singing away Memories

“If you get scared of the unexpected things you do in life, there is no greater thing that you can accomplish after that,” singer-songwriter Ermias KiflezghiGrowing up around a catholic church in Dekemhare, Ermias kiflezghi got intro¬duced to music in …

In Somalia, a Rare Female Artist Promotes Images of Peace

Among the once-taboo professions emerging from Somalia’s decades of conflict and Islamic extremism is the world of arts, and a 21-year-old female painter has faced more opposition than most.A rare woman artist in the highly conservative Horn of Africa …

Halloween and Eritrea 2.0

Last year I wrote an article titled Halloween and Eritrea. When I have now read it, exactly one year later, I felt the title misrepresented the contents of the article because the article narrates the ghost story of only one specific ethnic group. This…

Chinese Wildlife Trafficker Challenges Malawi Court Sentence

A Chinese national has filed a challenge at the Malawi High Court against a 14-year jail sentence, which a lower court gave him last month after he was convicted of three wildlife crimes.Lin Yunhua is allegedly a leader of an African wildlife trafficki…