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...
What could have breached the palpable peace in Ukpor town,Nnewi South LGA,Anambra state was averted on sunday,June 18 when a 'whistleblower' revealed to a particular family who owns a farmland at Umudim village,beside Gate of heaven mortuary,along Onuselogu road that he saw a man {name withheld} burying what looked like dangerous charms in their farm when he decided to answer the call of nature in the bush.The owner of the farm immediately alerted his son who resides in Onitsha of the development.According to sources,before 7am on sunday,his son arrived Ukpor in anger and vowed to deal with whoever carried out the act.The whistleblower was called upon and reminded about the consequences of false information but he swore with their village deity that he saw the man burying the charm.Just like a scene from a Nollywood movie,the owner of the farm with his son accompanied by few other people immediately proceeded to the house of the man who was accused of burying the charms.On getting there,the man denied the allegation but claimed that one of his friends from Nnewi convinced him to use the place for something he wasn't aware of the orevious day.A delegation was sentt to Nnewi to get the man but he was said to have absconded when he saw a mob approaching his house menacingly.The accused was queried on why he allowed someone to make use a land that doesn't belong to him but he claimed the man said he saw something interesting in the land and that's probably why he decided to use it.In a twinkle of an eye,the whole of Ukpor gathered in Umudim waiting for the drama to unfold.The youths equally gathered in their numbers and threatened to beat him up if he didn't want to say the truth.Sources further said that the man later confessed that he actually buried the charms there with the help of other 3 native dictors which was eventually exhumed.
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