Short news from Colombia.
The descendants of the hippos owned by drug boss Pablo Escobar are causing uproar in Colombia. The head of the Medellín cartel had established an illegal private zoo on his hacienda. After Escobar died in 1993 during the drug war, the estate was cleared. Four hippos, hidden in the lake of the hacienda, were overlooked and have since then they have multiplied rapidly in the Río Magdalena, one of the largest rivers in Colombia. The animals, weighing three tons, are displacing native species such as otters and manatees and can also be dangerous for humans.
The ocean doesn’t care about skin colour or origin: A surfer’s life in South Africa
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How a traditional Chinese technique of building boats has won over tourists from around the globe.
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Short news from Kenya.
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By Sohela Karisma Surajpal
No other African country has as many people behind bars as South Africa. An indictment, argues our author, and good reason to ask whether the prison system is in keeping with our times.
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In a new study, the cultural scientist Sigrid Weigel scrutinises Germany’s cultural foreign policy.
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The football legend tells about a custom in Brazil.
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