By David Herbling August 28, 2026 Maasai herders in Tanzania. Photographer: Rob Taggart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The United Nations called on Tanzania to immediately halt evictions of Maasai families from ancestral lands to make way for tourism developments. Maasai herders are being forced out of homes bordering the Serengeti National Park without adequate and meaningful consultation, according to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. “Restrictions on access to...

By Loni Prinsloo and Katarina Hoije A crane stands above a building under construction in the Point E district in Dakar, Senegal, on...

High levels of income inequality and segregation mean higher risk of mass shootings, according to a new study. Mass shootings in the US...