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African nations launch peace initiative to end war in Ukraine »

JAN VAN DER MADE Six African leaders plan to travel to Russia and Ukraine “as soon as is possible” to help find a resolution to the war, South African President…

May 29 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Fleeing Sudan, U.S. Diplomats Shredded Passports and Stranded Locals »

Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners are trapped in a war zone. DECLAN WALSH In the frantic days before…

May 29 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

‘Ghana beyond aid’ no longer: West Africa’s former model student forced to turn to IMF »

GREGOIRE SAUVAGE Formerly praised for its stability and good governance, Ghana has been facing a severe economic crisis since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.…

May 29 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Uganda lawmakers amend controversial anti-gay law but death penalty for HIV positive sex remains »

CATHERINE NICHOLLS & NIMI PRINCEWILL Uganda’s parliament has passed an amended version of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 on Tuesday, May 2. Under the new proposed bill, homosexual conduct will…

May 13 2023 / No Comment / Read More »
Community News

Report on medical access finds one-third of Black Americans live in ‘cardiology deserts’ »

ELAINE CHEN Many Black Americans would have to travel across county lines just to find an open spot with a…

May 13 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Loneliness poses risk as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns »

AMANDA SEITZ Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the…

May 13 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds »

USHA LEE McFARLING Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a new national…

Apr 27 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Councilmember Dwumfour Goes Home »

KOFI AYIM The 30-year-old councilmember of Sayreville, New Jersey, who was cold-bloodedly murdered on Wednesday February 1, 2023, goes home…

Feb 22 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Gas station ordered to pay $1M to woman refused service because she’s Black »

FRANCIS AKHALBEY A Portland jury has awarded $1 million to a woman who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a…

Jan 27 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

How ‘everywhere chemicals’ help uterine fibroids grow »

Scientists are just beginning to learn how these common tumors in women are linked to phthalates—chemicals found in hundreds of…

Jan 26 2023 / No Comment / Read More »
Business

How Wade turned a traditional Senegalese drink into a hit U.S. product and made a turnover of $3.2m »

ABU MUBARIK Magatte Wade recently recalled returning from the United States to Senegal and finding out that many Senegalese preferred foreign drinks to the country’s traditional hibiscus drink, known as bissap. “When I went to Senegal, I was sorry to see that many young people…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings into Calendly. Now He’s One of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants »

AMY FELDMAN Calendly was built out of frustration. Now the scheduling app is worth $3 billion—and the subject of a heated Twitter spat among Silicon Valley elite. Tope Awotona, the 40-year-old founder and chief executive of Calendly, leans back in his chair and lets loose a…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Why Mastercard just made a $100 million bet on Africa’s mobile money market »

JACKIE BISCHOF & CARLOS MUREITHI The $100 million investment from global payments giant Mastercard in the mobile money business arm of Airtel Africa announced this week is a sign of the rapid growth and optimism in Africa’s digital payment sector. The transaction values the subsidiary,…

Apr 14 2021 / No Comment / Read More »

Tax evasion and theft ‘rob Africa’ of $89bn a year: UN study »

Nearly half of the total annual figure of $88.6bn is accounted for by the export of commodities such as gold, diamonds and platinum, the report found. Africa is losing nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to…

Oct 1 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America »

The company has faced thousands of lawsuits from cancer patients who claim that its talc was contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen, and that the company knew of the risks. TIFFANY HSU & RONI CARYN RABIN Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of…

Jun 7 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Ghana is the best investment destination – Prof. Amoako »

KOFI AYIM Ghana’s Consul General in New York, Prof. (emeritus) Samuel Amoako has urged Africans in the diaspora to invest in Ghana for optimal returns. He said the relative peace and stability in Ghana anchored upon democratic governance and its leading role in Pan-Africanism make…

Mar 12 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

South Africa has three months to defend investment grade rating »

PRINESHA NAIDOO South Africa is fighting to preserve its last remaining investment-grade credit rating and avert a forced selloff of billions of rand of its debt after Moody’s Investors Service gave it just over three months to get its finances in order. The ratings company…

Nov 13 2019 / No Comment / Read More »

How Will China React to Uganda’s Looming Debt Crisis? »

Uganda is heading toward a debt crisis. According to a senior official at the Bank of Uganda, unless the country is able to sustain a growth rate of at least 7 percent—which economic projections show Uganda will not do—the country will default on its payments.…

Nov 13 2019 / No Comment / Read More »

Africa Must Take Leading Role in Data Economy »

by VERE SONGWE Technology has broken down barriers and ensured freedoms for millions in a way no other invention has before. At last month’s meeting of the UN General Assembly, 91 world leaders listened to US President Donald Trump rebuke China from inside the room,…

Oct 21 2019 / No Comment / Read More »
Editorial

The Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway »

The demand for a major highway to connect the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor has been a priority project following the conception by heads of state and government…

May 29 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Re: Human Rights Report on Ghana by the United States of America »

The United States of America, as its annual rite released the 2022 Human Rights Report on the West African nation of Ghana early this year.…

May 12 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

De-dollarization: Its impact on African economies »

The World Bank was established in 1944 to help rebuild Europe and Japan after World War II and initially named the International Bank for Reconstruction…

Apr 27 2023 / No Comment / Read More »
Artcultainment

Ghanaian ruler pushes British Museum to return gold

KATIE RAZZALL The ruler of Ghana’s Asante people is pressing the British Museum to return gold items in its collection. The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who attended the Coronation of King Charles, later met the…

May 29 2023 / Read More »
Uncategorized

STDs are at a shocking high. How do we reverse the trend?

More than half of new infections were among people aged 15 to 24, and the pandemic lockdowns only tell part of the story. Here’s a look at how we got here—and what we can do about…

Apr 27 2023 / Read More »
Uncategorized

STDs are at a shocking high. How do we reverse the trend?

More than half of new infections were among people aged 15 to 24, and the pandemic lockdowns only tell part of the story. Here’s a look at how we got here—and what we can do about…

Apr 27 2023 / Read More »
Uncategorized

STDs are at a shocking high. How do we reverse the trend?

More than half of new infections were among people aged 15 to 24, and the pandemic lockdowns only tell part of the story. Here’s a look at how we got here—and what we can do about…

Apr 27 2023 / Read More »
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