Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex, pictured at a national park in Malawi in 2019, said his commitment to conservation in Africa continued. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African wildlife charity that had been at the centre of a human rights controversy.

Prince Harry’s spokesperson confirmed he was no longer a trustee of African Parks, which admitted last year that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in the Republic of the Congo.