Mauritius is reeling from a spreading oil spill – and people are angry with how the government has handled it: MV Wakashio, a Japanese owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier ship leaks oil after drifting ashore over coral reefs. Etat-major des Armees/EPAhandout On the evening of Saturday July 25, the MV (Merchant Vessel) Wakashio grounded on coral …
South Africa in the news: Second deadly mosque attack leaves South Africa reeling: On an icy morning in the quiet Western Cape country town of Malmesbury, a body lay exposed to the elements on a field. Around it, police were busy analysing what had become a crime scene in the hours just before dawn on …
With broken institutions and a reeling opposition, what’s next for Kenya?: An opposition supporter in Nairobi's Mathare area. Siegfried Modola/Reuters I remember walking through the rubble of burnt out buildings some months after Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence. Houses owned by ethnic Kikuyu were razed to the ground in the city of Kisumu. A large night …
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