Unprotected: How a US charity failed Liberia’s most vulnerable girls – BBC News
Liberia’s government has launched an investigation into an American charity set up to help vulnerable girls, following a report into how the organisation dealt with allegations a staff member had raped pupils in its care. The first More Than Me Academy was established in 2013 in the Liberian capital Monrovia by American, Katie Meyler. A […]
The Hidden Lives Of ‘Housegirls’ – Full documentary – BBC Africa Eye
In Uganda, young women are leaving their homes to try and find jobs as domestic workers, but for some their new lives can lead to mistreatment and abuse.
10 Billion Dollar Energy Scandal in Senegal (BP)
BP has agreed to pay around ten billion dollars to a businessman involved in a suspicious energy deal. The energy giant bought Frank Timis’s stake in a gas field off the coast of Senegal for $250 million in 2017. But documents obtained by BBC Panorama and Africa Eye reveal that BP will also pay his […]
43 Years: Meet the Man Held in Solitary Confinement Longer than any Prisoner in U.S. History
Albert Woodfox is a former political prisoner who was held in solitary confinement for 43 years until he won his freedom just over three years ago. Now he is traveling the world and joins us in studio to discuss his new memoir, “Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and […]
Zimbabwe President Helps Top Opponent ‘Get Bail’
By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban (Read Original Article on Africannews.com) Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa has disclosed that he intervened to have a leading opposition figure Tendai Biti bailed. According to Mnangagwa, the move was to foster unity, peace and dialogue in the country. In a tweet thread hours after Biti was granted bail on charges […]