PRINCE HARRY LEAVES AFRICAN PARKS BOARD AFTER CHARITY ADMITTED RANGERS COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. (PHOTO).
Prince Harry leaves African Parks board after charity admitted rangers committed human rights abuses Prince Harry has left the board of African Parks after nearly a decade with the conservation charity, a year after the organization acknowledged that some of its rangers had committed human rights abuses. A spokesperson for Harry, 41, confirmed his departure while emphasizing that his work in African conservation will continue. “The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its Board,” the spokesperson said. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry first partnered with African Parks in 2016 and became president of the organization the following year. He was appointed to its board of directors in 2023. His departure comes after African Parks commissioned an independent investigation into allegations that rangers had r@ped, beaten and tortured Indigenous peo...
Prosecutors in Nigeria have dropped a murder charge against a 15 year old who was accused of poisoning a 35 year old man she had been married to.The girl Wadila Tasi'u was faced with a case of culpable homicide.She was 14 years when she was married off to Umar Sani.Prosecutor Lamido Aba Soron Dinki asked the High Court in Gezawa,Kano state to ''Terminate the case of culpable homicideagainst Wasila Tadi'u.Whit a heavy heart,i apply that the accused be discharged''.However Judge Mohammed Yahaya who was preciding over the case,told the court he required either a written or oral,presentation from the office of Kano's Attorney General before formally dropping the charges and agreeing to Tasiu's release.He ordered that the presentation to be made on June 9 2015.In 2014,the girl admitted killing her husband by concealing rat poison in his food.Three other people also died and 10 were taken to the hospital apparently after eating the same food.The girls father had forced her to marry the 35 year old man.The murder charge dates back to April 5 2014,when her husband Sani hosted a small wedding celebration at his home in the small Kano village of Unguwar Yansoro.Prosecutors claimed that Tasi'u prepared the food and laced it with rat poison before serving it to her guests.Four people,including Sani her husband died within hours of eating the meal.Judicial sources said the Kano state government intended to offer financial compensation to the victims families.
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