Denver Plans Direct Flights to a “Growing African Continent”

DENVER  — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Recent­ly we learned Den­ver Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (DIA) and the city of Den­ver, fond­ly called the mile-high city, in the US state of Col­orado, have begun explor­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties for direct flights to con­ti­nen­tal Africa. DIA has set up a team that is work­ing on this ini­tia­tive called Den­ver Air Ser­vice Committee. …

U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries

After set­tling a law­suit filed dur­ing the Trump admin­is­tra­tion, the Fish and Wildlife Ser­vice grant­ed six per­mits to bring ele­phant parts into the coun­try. It may approve more in the com­ing months. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser­vice informed some hunters last month that it would allow the import of six ele­phant tro­phies into the…

Kenya’s Supreme Court Rejects President’s Plan to Amend Constitution

Civ­il soci­ety groups had crit­i­cized the pro­pos­al as an attempt to expand pres­i­den­tial pow­er and strength­en the elite’s grip on nation­al pol­i­tics. NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s top court on Thurs­day quashed an ini­tia­tive by the pres­i­dent to amend the Con­sti­tu­tion, deal­ing a major blow to a plan that could have cement­ed his abil­i­ty to shape the…