Rabies cases have been confirmed in Cape fur seals along the Western Cape and Northern Cape coastlines of South Africa — the first time the virus has established itself in a marine mammal population anywhere in the world.
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The Deportation Project: How Uganda became a destination for people the United States wanted gone. By Emmanuel Mutaizibwa September 21, 2026 A general view of a busy street in Kampala, Uganda. On April 1, 2026, an aircraft carrying eight deportees from the United States landed at Entebbe, a windswept peninsula on the northern shore of
A hidden targeting happening in plain sight
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Three years after CCIJ investigation, Namibia makes sanitation improvements, but crisis still remains By Freddie Clayton and Sonja SmithPhotography by Margaret Courtney-Clarke June 3, 2026 A shipping container transformed into separate toilets — urinals for men and toilet bowls for women — stands at the “Green Valley” resettlement plot, Walvis Bay District, Namibia, on January
When Africa lobbies America, it favors Trump connections With Trump in office, the ranks of lobbyists for African nations include: a right-wing Newsmax commentator, a hunting friend of Donald Trump Jr., a Proud Boy who attacked Capitol Hill and extremist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. By Andrew W. Lehren, Trenton Daniel, Peter Aldhous, Sonya Dymova and Ajibola
When Africa lobbies America, it favors Trump connections. Read More »
How product design fuels predatory lending in Nigerian fintech
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A CCIJ analysis details the depth of U.S. aid cuts to Africa. The slashed programs fight famine, shelter refugees, combat diseases. They even promote America’s national pastime, baseball. Now: “True chaos” reigns in the face of deaths and humanitarian crises. The financial toll is likely much larger.
What Africa lost under Trump: at least $5 billion. What it got in return: “true chaos.” Read More »
Southern Nigerian communities depend on the rainforest. So do endangered gorillas. But illegal logging, mining and disinformation leave them vulnerable.
“Forest Is Life” — But Nigeria’s Last Rainforest Is Falling Fast Read More »
A Boston University infectious disease expert calculated more than 570,000 will die from Trump’s foreign aid cuts. Many from Africa. The work is being cited around the world. Republicans have denounced it.
The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV.
Trump cuts U.S. aid to Africa. Pregnant women lose needed medicines. Read More »
President Bola Tinubu honored Paul Obaji and Chibuzor Oliaku — two election workers shot by the Nigerian Army during the violent 2023 presidential election — with National Youth Service Corps awards. The recognition follows a CCIJ investigation that exposed widespread election irregularities and violence.
Stories from around the web on how the Trump administration’s budget cuts are impacting U.S. aid programs in Africa.
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