Overview
- Prince Harry formally stepped down from African Parks’ board on Monday, his spokesman said, and he remains a public supporter of the charity after ten years of involvement.
- A law firm hired in 2023, Omnia Strategy LLP, found that some rangers in Odzala-Kokoua National Park committed human-rights abuses and that African Parks had failures in its systems and safeguards.
- African Parks has accepted Omnia’s findings, pledged to take action against implicated staff where evidence exists, and set up an Independent Panel of African judges and human-rights specialists to handle serious grievances and remedies.
- The organisation described Harry’s departure as part of a planned ‘governance refresh’ that includes new board appointments — including a Kenyan Supreme Court justice and the president of AGRA — to take effect on Sept. 30.
- The resignation comes after public pressure from indigenous-rights groups such as Survival International and heightened media scrutiny linked to the Sussexes’ reported return to the UK, a shift that could deepen donor and government oversight and affect remedies for the Baka community harmed by the abuses.