Editorial independence
We maintain independence from corporate and government influence, following evidence wherever it leads.
About Indigenous Times
Reporting that begins with the people closest to the story.
Independent journalism for Indigenous communities, environmental justice, and public accountability across Africa.
Our mission
A newsroom built for context, care, and consequence.
Indigenous Times reports on environmental issues, Indigenous rights, and community-led conservation efforts across Africa. We amplify voices that are often unheard in mainstream media.
Through investigative journalism, we hold power accountable and support communities fighting for their land, resources, and traditional ways of life.
Across Africa, decisions about land, natural resources, climate and development are often made without the people most affected having a meaningful voice. Indigenous Times exists to change that.
Our reporting is grounded in local knowledge and accountable to the communities whose stories we tell.
How we work
Our editorial commitments
Community first
Indigenous communities guide our reporting and help shape the questions our newsroom asks.
Investigative rigor
We pursue careful, documented reporting on environmental crimes and the systems behind them.
Why Indigenous Times?
We investigate power from the ground up.
Across Africa, decisions about land, natural resources, climate and development are often made without the people most affected having a meaningful voice. Indigenous Times exists to change that.
We report from the ground, investigate power and centre the experiences, knowledge and rights of Indigenous and frontline communities. We bring careful reporting, local context and persistent accountability to the stories that shape people’s lives.
Our impact
Independent reporting with a measurable footprint.
Investigations published
Deep reporting on community rights, land, climate and extractive pressure.
Countries covered
Reporting across East, Central and Southern Africa with local reporting relationships.
Readers reached
Readers and partners engaging with reporting grounded in community context.
The people behind the reporting
Meet our team
Founder and Editor
Diana Taremwa Karakire
Diana is a multi-award winning climate journalist based in Uganda with over 10 years of wide ranging experience as a freelance international reporter. She is the founder of Indigenous Timess Media. She has reported for a wide range of outlets over the years, including Associated Press, Equal Times, Biofuels International, Ubuntu Times, African Business magazine, Mongabay, Climate Tracker, The Continent and the Earth Journalism Network. Diana was named Journalist of the Year by the Uganda National Population Council in 2022. She was also a 2021 gender justice fellow with the International Women??'s Media Foundation and 2022 Indigenous stories grantee with Earth Journalism Network (EJN). Her focus lies in advocating for environmental protection and conservation, human rights, highlighting the voices of marginalized communities, Indigenous groups and exposing corruption.
Senior Editor and Investigative Journalist
Dominic Kirui
Dominic is a journalist and fixer based in Nairobi, Kenya. He writes on gender, climate change, access to clean water, food security, culture, conflict, politics, and global development. He has reported for various media including Al Jazeera, Equal Times, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Epoch Times and NewsDeeply. He collaborates extensively with foreign journalists and media agencies helping to bring important stories to light. See his portfolio.
Reporter Based in Zimbabwe
Calvin Manika
Calvin is a multi-award winning international journalist who has reported across Africa, the US and Europe. His interests are in climate science, health, insurance and the intersection of power, gender, and social development. Calvin brings years of experience covering Indigenous issues with sensitivity and deep understanding.
Reporter Based in Uganda
Innocent Jeff Kiiza
Innocent Kiiza is a Ugandan investigative journalist with over a decade of experience. His expertise encompasses science, the environment, climate change, and health. As a fellow of the Reuters Institute at Oxford University and the Thomson Foundation, Innocent is a passionate advocate for grassroots storytelling. He consistently highlights the voices of vulnerable communities and showcases Indigenous solutions to climate crises. He won the 2024 Isu Elihle Award and was named the second runner-up for climate reporting at the 2025 Uganda National Journalism Awards.
Reporter Based in Lusaka, Zambia
Cindy Sipula
Cindy is a multimedia science and data journalist, and fact-checker who reports on environment, climate change, and sustainable development. With over eight years of experience in print, electronic and online media, she is based in Lusaka, Zambia and is a member of MISA Zambia and the Zambian Bloggers Network. Her work has been supported by the Pulitzer Centre, Earth Journalism Network, and others.
Editor and Reporter
Charles Pensulo
Charles is a Malawian journalist based in Blantyre, who has built a reputation for his incisive reporting on a range of critical issues including health, humanitarian affairs, social justice, climate change, food security, human rights, and global development. He has worked with several international publications including Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Guardian, Semafor and Africa Arguments.