Harry pressed to leave African Parks board over Baka abuse scandal

Prince Harry is facing renewed calls to leave the board of African Parks, the conservation charity tied to serious abuse claims in the Republic of Congo. Indigenous-rights group Survival International says Baka people have suffered violence and displacement around Odzala-Kokoua National Park, and African Parks has already acknowledged that human rights abuses occurred in some incidents after an independent review. This is not a palace gossip story dressed up in safari gear. It is the hard question behind celebrity philanthropy: when a famous name helps give an organization moral shine, what happens when the people on the ground say the shine is covering harm?