Not even two weeks ago, Chad’s government made a splashy announcement which garnered international headlines. The announcement? They were withdrawing from their arrangement with African Parks, an enormous NGO which operated parklands and conservation efforts across a dozen African countries. You see, Prince Harry is on the board of African Parks and Prince William is big mad about it. You see, Africa belongs to William. William said that to Harry: “Africa is MINE!” And William and his henchmen have been trying to harm and/or colonize Harry’s work in Africa. William’s allies took over Sentebale and convinced Sophie Chanduaka to say some pitiful lies about Harry. But for years, William has angled to hurt African Parks and I still sort of believe that there was something else – something Scooter-King-related – going on with that statement from Chad. But now it looks like those efforts have failed, because Chad has reinstated management rights with African Parks.
Chad has reinstated management agreements with African Parks, the conservation group whose board includes Britain’s Prince Harry, and begun talks on new deals for joint management of ongoing projects, the environment ministry and the charity said on Friday.
The move reverses last week’s decision by the Central African country to break ties with the organisation.The two parties said they had engaged “in a spirit of dialogue and cooperation” and restored the agreements “with full effect” while both sides negotiate new partnership agreements for Zakouma National Park, the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve, and the planned Aouk project.
African Parks will continue to finance and co-manage protected areas in Zakouma and Ennedi and keep advancing the Aouk project until new agreements are signed, the statement said.
Chad announced last week that it was ending the organisation’s mandates, citing a resurgence of poaching, under-investment, and alleged breaches of contract. African Parks said at the time it was seeking discussions with the government.
The European Union’s delegation to Chad said in a statement last week it had suspended implementation of grant-funded actions for at least 90 days, citing “force majeure,” after the environment minister moved to terminate management and financing agreements.
The EU asked African Parks to safeguard EU-financed infrastructure, equipment, and vehicles for potential transfer, and requested updates on talks with Chadian authorities to assess contractual implications. The African Parks Network manages parks in a dozen African countries.
In case you think I’m impossibly and stupidly conspiratorial about this, let me just say that this news of African Parks’ reinstatement in Chad has barely made any news in the British media. They don’t want to acknowledge it, and yet they were gleefully loud about “bad news for Harry’s charity” when Chad first cut ties. Just before this news, the Telegraph even ran another attack piece on Harry: “Africa has turned its back on Prince Harry.” The piece is all about how African Parks is doing amazing work in twelve countries but people in African countries hate Harry, for reasons! (Because Africa belongs to William!) Anyway, the sounds like *someone* convinced Chad’s environmental minister to do some sh-t for the headlines and then all hell broke loose and Chad’s government realized that they actually needed the EU grants and African Parks’ management for their parks and reserves. Love that the EU cited force majeure as well.
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- Undated picture released by Kensington Palace of Prince Harry (right), while he worked in Malawi with African Parks as part of an initiative involving moving 500 elephants over 350 kilometers across Malawi from Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve to Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. Prince Harry says of the picture: “Lawrence Munro and I met in South Africa last year and have been in contact since. We got him to give a fantastic brief to the Ranger students at Kruger on their graduation. He is now working with African Parks as their operations manager in Liwonde. He’s one of the best.”,Image: 504080225, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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- 145597, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. Kruger National Park, South Africa – Wednesday, December 02, 2015. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT,Image: 532076857, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145597, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. Kruger National Park, South Africa – Wednesday, December 02, 2015. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT,Image: 532076888, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145602, Prince Harry seen with anti-poaching tracker dogs at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. South Africa – Wednesday December 2, 2015. South Africa. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT,Image: 532077365, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145602, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. South Africa – Wednesday December 2, 2015. South Africa. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT Photograph: © i-Images, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE,Image: 532077383, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145602, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. South Africa – Wednesday December 2, 2015. South Africa. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT Photograph: © i-Images, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE,Image: 532077428, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145602, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. South Africa – Wednesday December 2, 2015. South Africa. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT Photograph: © i-Images, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE,Image: 532077431, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- 145602, Prince Harry seen at the South African Wildlife College in the Kruger National Park on day five of his tour of Lesotho and South Africa. South Africa – Wednesday December 2, 2015. South Africa. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT,Image: 532077433, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- The Duke of Sussex delivers a speech in front of the Diana Tree in Huambo, Angola, on day five of the royal tour of Africa. The Duke is visiting the minefield where his late mother, the Princess of Wales, was photographed in 1997, which is now a busy street with schools, shops and houses.,Image: 538259128, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR SEVEN DAYS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
I saw that Telegraph headline. I didn’t realise the article praised the work African Parks. I thought the piece was about neo-colonialism not about Harry being hated in Africa for leaving the royal family. The delusion.
The Telegraph is super right wing so even if they used the term neo colonialism it would be to taunt Harry saying “the king of woke rejected by monster he created” or something
I just Checked Harry is still on the board, so why the turn around ,
The EU intervened and the Chad government panicked that they would loose EU backing and renegotiated the contract.
Sounds like the BM along with KP wanted something to derail the award Archewell was receiving from Project Healthy Minds, as this story broke right before that. The fact that they haven’t mentioned this, because I didn’t realize this either let’s me know it was about creating an impression of Harry’s charity work being mired in controversy and him not being deserving of feted in that space.
Sure does.. nothing is just a coincidence with these people.
I agree there was an intentional effort to make Harry AND Meghan look bad before they received their Humanitarians of the Year award. Just look at the timing of how this Africa Parks story unfolded while British media tried to link Meghan to the racism controversy World Vision-UK was going through. Meghan worked with World Vision-Canada over 5yrs ago why try to link her to a controversy happening in another country? It was a failed attempt to create a negative picture of their charity work.
Fortunately neither the Africa Parks or World Vision story traveled far. The days of the royal family and the British press being able to ruin beautiful moments for Harry and Meghan are long gone.
Never put anything past the royal leftover. I wondered too what the bald one had done to get Chad to remove African Parks. Seems he isn’t as powerful as he thinks he is and the EU came and saved the day by threatening to pull funding. The hate that the bald one has for his brother is all consuming!
I read recently, that the rangers from Africa Parks just participated in an event organised by Tusk, https://www.africanparks.org/tusk-wildlife-ranger-challenge-2025 so I wasn’t surprised by Chad’s original announcement.
He probably promised some vague future funding via ES or one of his donors that are environmental philanthropist.
However, as they say, one bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. Also, considering how William left Sentebale in tatters after he pulled this same stunt, hopefully, they concluded that William is only interested in destroying Harry; he doesn’t care a jot about the organisations he has to ruin along the way.
Also, credit goes to Harry for stepping away from Sentebale. That signalled that he was not going to play into Williams’ games. So, if you want to leave an organisation because someone’s brother is jealous… okay bye. William, more than anything, wants Harry to beg and plead with him, but Harry refuses to give him that satisfaction. By making sure his Tusk guy was sitting next to “that Sentebale woman” during the interview was telegraphing to Harry as though he was a character out of The Game of Thrones… “I want him to know it was me” (as we are now seeing his stenographers making sure the world knows he stitched up Andrew – (which I am 98.7% sure it will come back and bite him in the 🍑))
Every right wing columnist has said that all Harry has to do is apologised (for having the audacity to remove his family from the daily abuse of his father, step mother, brother and SIL) then and only then would they consider taking him back after more prostrations, silence and of course minimising himself.
This story comes from Reuters not the Daily Wail.
African Parks in Chad: What Really Happened Behind the “Abrupt” Breakup?
When Chad’s government terminated its 15-year conservation partnership with African Parks in October 2025, international media rushed to frame it as a scandal. Headlines screamed about “tax havens,” “financial misconduct,” and “Prince Harry’s troubled charity.” Yet just eleven days later, the partnership was quietly restored. If the violations were real, why the reversal? If the conservation was failing, why the quick about-face?
The official story doesn’t add up. Let’s examine what actually happened and what we’re not being told.
The Undeniable Success Story
To understand the 2025 controversy, you need to know what African Parks accomplished in Chad. In 2010, Zakouma National Park was in crisis. Heavily armed Janjaweed poachers had spent years slaughtering elephants for ivory, decimating the population from 4,300 animals to just 450. The park was losing its wildlife, its purpose, and its future.
That year, Chad’s government made a bold decision: invite African Parks, a conservation NGO, to take over complete management of Zakouma through a public-private partnership. The government would retain ownership and set policy, but African Parks would handle day-to-day operations, law enforcement, community engagement, and fundraising.
The results were nothing short of remarkable. By 2016, elephant poaching had been essentially eliminated. The traumatized population, which had been too stressed to reproduce, began breeding again. In 2011, there was only one elephant calf under the age of five in the entire park. By 2018, rangers counted 127 calves. The population recovered to 636 elephants by 2021 and continues to grow. Buffalo populations exploded from 1,000 to over 10,000. Today, Zakouma protects 60% of the world’s remaining Kordofan giraffe population.
This wasn’t just conservation. It was resurrection. Zakouma became one of Africa’s most celebrated conservation success stories. Based on these results, Chad expanded African Parks’ mandate in 2017 to include Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve and Siniaka-Minia National Park, covering the entire Greater Zakouma Ecosystem.
For over a decade, this partnership was held up as a model of what conservation could achieve when African governments, international NGOs, and local communities worked together.
So what changed?
Enter the New Minister
In October 2024, Chad appointed Hassan Bakhit Djamous as Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development. At 31 years old, Djamous brought energy, political connections, and ambition to the role. He’s close to President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and founded “Bureau Djamous,” a youth mobilization wing of the ruling party.
But Djamous had something else: a background in tax law and public finance, not conservation. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Finance Law and Taxation from Aix-Marseille University in France and previously served as Deputy Director General of Taxes. His expertise was in following money, understanding fiscal regulations, and identifying financial irregularities. It was not in managing wildlife populations or evaluating conservation outcomes.
This background would prove significant in the months ahead.
The Contradictory Month: April 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, twenty-four animals were killed in the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem, including buffaloes, giraffes, and critically endangered black rhinos. According to watchdog group Follow the Money, the Chadian government launched an investigation and discovered that African Parks had not officially informed the ministry about these deaths.
In April 2025, Minister Djamous sent an angry letter to African Parks CEO Peter Fearnhead. The letter, obtained by Follow the Money, called African Parks’ work a “notorious failure” and accused the organization of withholding information about the poaching incidents. The ministry suspended African Parks personnel involved in park management and explicitly threatened to terminate the contract prematurely.
But here’s where the story gets strange.
That same month (April 2025) Chad officially renewed African Parks’ management agreement for the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve. At the signing ceremony in N’Djamena, Minister Djamous publicly praised the partnership, stating: “The sustainability of our natural assets, specifically the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve, is a strategic priority for national development. We are proud to reaffirm our partnership with African Parks, with whom we have been working to create social and economic value from the conservation of this unique landscape.”
How can a government renew a partnership and threaten to terminate it within the same month? This contradiction has never been explained. Was the renewal already in bureaucratic motion when the animal deaths came to light? Were different government departments working at cross purposes? Was there diplomatic pressure from the European Union to renew the contract? Or was something else at play?
Following the April letter and threat, African Parks CEO Peter Fearnhead visited Minister Djamous and made promises: the organization would bring at least twenty more black rhinos to Chad “as soon as possible,” replace underperforming managers, and improve monitoring and transparency.
These promises, apparently, were not fulfilled to Chad’s satisfaction over the following months. Or perhaps they were never meant to be enough.
Africa is mine guy should be more concerned with his pending kingdom than getting involved with Harry’s charities. you would think King Willie has enough on his plate right now.