Growing calls for release of Tanzanian journalist seized last Monday
The government of the increasingly authoritarian Tanzanian President John Magufuli is facing domestic and international pressure to release journalist Erick Kabendera. Plain-clothed police abducted him from his home on Monday and have not revealed his whereabouts. Tanzanian authorities say they’re investigating the citizenship of journalist Erick Kabendera. He was taken from his home in Dar […]
Six million protected rosewood trees felled in Ghana and sold to China
In a week where Ethiopia planted a record-breaking 350-million trees to reverse deforestation , an environmental watchdog reports China’s appetite for rosewood from Africa is insatiable. Corrupt officials in Ghana and Madagascar are allowing millions of the endangered trees to be cut down and sent to furniture makers in China. It takes more than 100 […]