Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, today transferred to Rwandan authorities the case of Aloys Ndimbati, a former local government official charged with crimes against humanity. Mr. Ndimbati, who was the bourgmestre [mayor] of the Gisovu commune from 1990 until the end of July 1994, currently remains […]
By Hussaini Jirgi Vanguard The Boko Haram group poses a real challenge to the Nigerian government The Police in Damaturu have confirmed the attack by armed gunmen on a satellite prison in Damaturu where 40 inmates were set free. Yobe state Commissioner of Police Patrick Egbuniwe told reporters in Damaturu on Sunday: “Yes there […]
Mombasa — At least one person was killed and several others wounded in a hand grenade attack on a bar in Mombasa on Sunday, a day after the US embassy in Kenya warned of an imminent attack on the city. “The attack occurred at about 10:00 pm. One person has died and we have several […]
Supporters of President Mohamed Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party began celebrating his victory in Egypt’s governorates shortly after the presidential elections commission declared him the country’s first democratic president. Ecstatic citizens gathered in Mursi’s hometown al-Adwa village to celebrate with oriental drums, flutes and horse dancing. On […]
By Moses Shaha Frederic Courbet/Gates Foundation What are the prospects for equitable change at the Rio+20 conference? What is Rio+20? More than a hundred heads of state are expected to attend the Rio+20 summit – officially, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – on June 20-22 in Brazil. It will mark the […]
By Laurie Goering Nearly all the expected surge in the world’s population from 7 billion people to 9 billion by 2050 will come in urban areas of Asia and Africa, and planning for it will be crucial to limit the spread of slums and related social and environmental problems, experts say. That many fast-growing […]
By Stephen Leahy, Vanguard Uxbridge — Famine-hollowed farmers watch trucks loaded with grain grown on their ancestral lands heading for the nearest port, destined to fill richer bellies in foreign lands. This scene has become all too common since the 2008 food crisis. Food prices are even higher now in many countries, sparking another cycle […]
By Adam Robert Green Vanguard Dr. Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, minister for agriculture for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, speaks to This is Africa about the government’s strategy in Africa. Saudi Arabia’s oil keeps the world turning, but the Kingdom is thirsty for water. For years, the government subsidized domestic food production to feed its […]
By Emma Batha, Vanguard A scramble for cheap African farmland by foreign investors threatens to leave millions of people without water and could ultimately drain the continent’s rivers, a report warns. “If these land grabs are allowed to continue, Africa is heading for a hydrological suicide,” said the report’s co-author Henk Hobbelink, coordinator of […]
The President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Solomon Ogba, has declared that only Nigerian athletes with the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) ‘A Standard’ will be taken to the 2012 Olympic Games. He said Wednesday at the Gala Night he hosted for the Nigerian Olympians Association that, taking athletes below the IAAF ‘A […]