Prince Harry<\/a> has been dealt a fresh blow as\u00a0the government of Chad has terminated its agreement with African Parks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Prince Harry has been dealt a fresh blow as\u00a0the government of Chad has terminated its agreement with African Parks<\/p>\n
The Duke of Sussex, 41, has long been associated with the conservation charity, but it emerged on Tuesday (07.10.25) the African country\u2019s environment ministry has accused the organisation of showing \u201cdisrespectful\u201d behaviour and failing to curb poaching in the reserves it managed.<\/p>\n
The Chadian government announced the decision in a statement confirming the end of a 15-year partnership with the non-profit group, which had been overseeing the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve and the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem. <\/p>\n
Hassan Bakhit Djamous, the country\u2019s environment minister, said African Parks had shown \u201ca recurring indelicate and disrespectful attitude toward the government\u201d and claimed there had been \u201ca spike in poaching\u201d as well as \u201ca lack of investment\u201d in the protected areas.<\/p>\n
African Parks said it was \u201cin discussions\u201d with the Chadian government to \u201cexplore the best way forward to support the continued protection of these landscapes that are critical to conservation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe decision marks the end of a relationship that began in 2009. <\/p>\n
\nThe charity, which manages wildlife reserves across the continent, had reported it helped increase the elephant population at Zakouma National Park from 450 to 550 over nine years. <\/p>\n
\nIt had also aimed to reduce poaching and restore biodiversity in the region.<\/p>\n
\nPrince Harry serves as a board member of African Parks and was previously its president. <\/p>\n
\nFounded in 2000, the organisation works with several African governments to manage national parks and reserves, combining conservation efforts with community development.<\/p>\n
\nEarlier this year, African Parks admitted guards at one of its sites had been involved in human rights abuses against Indigenous people who were displaced when the park was established.<\/p>\n
\nThe development comes only months after Harry stepped down from his position at Sentebale, the youth charity he co-founded in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. <\/p>\n
\nHarry created the organisation in memory of his mother, Princess Diana, to support children and young people living with HIV and Aids in Lesotho and Botswana.<\/p>\n
\nHis resignation came after the UK Charity Commission issued a critical report following a public dispute within the organisation\u2019s leadership. <\/p>\n
\nThe row involved the Duke, Prince Seeiso, and Sentebale\u2019s then-chair of trustees, Dr Sophie Chandauka, a Zimbabwe-born lawyer. <\/p>\n
\nA source close to Harry told The Times he was \u201cdevastated the chair had been allowed to succeed with a hostile takeover\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nA spokesperson for the Duke said: \u201cAs custodians of this once brilliant charity, Prince Seeiso, Prince Harry and the former board of trustees helped grow Sentebale from the seed of an idea to \u2013 like its namesake \u2013 a flowering force for good. With the original mission of Sentebale firmly in mind \u2013 and in honour of the legacy he and Prince Seeiso began \u2013 the Duke of Sussex will now focus on finding new ways to continue supporting the children of Lesotho and Botswana.\u201d<\/p>\n
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