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."
Malawi’s government says it has no regrets over its decision to cancel the African Union (AU) summit it was expected to host in July. Earlier this month, the southern African country refused to invite Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity […]
By Margaret Wahito Sh25.2 billion will finance the Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Project, which aims to strengthen urban services and infrastructure in Nairobi and its environs. Nairobi — Kenya has signed a $600million (Sh50.4 billion) loan agreement with the World Bank to finance two major projects in the country. Sh25.2 billion will finance the […]
The 11th annual AGOA is underway in Washington, D.C. and VOA’s State Department correspondent Scott Stearns discusses the meetings. ( Resource: Africa: AGOA Forum Discussion Washington — Forty sub-Saharan African countries will remain eligible in 2012 for U.S. trade preferences and benefits aimed at improving lives and livelihoods on the continent. During the 2011 review […]
Members of the East African Community have announced budgets that greatly increase spending on large-scale infrastructure projects. Improvements in roads, rail and power plants aim to increase economic growth and offset a possible recession in Europe. Rwanda, for instance, will increase spending to $2.3 billion as it invests in road, energy and technology projects. Washington […]
By James Emejo India has overtaken the United States of America (USA) to become Nigeria’s major export trading partner, according to the First Quarter 2012 Trade Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). It came as the Indian government yesterday expressed interest in higher volumes of term contracts of crude oil supplies […]
By Rafael Marques De Morais Manuel Vicente’s nomination as President José Eduardo dos Santos’ running mate in the upcoming August 31 election comes as no surprise. The former Sonangol Chairman had long been expected to take the number two spot on the candidates’ list of the incumbent Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola […]
By Catriona Knapman Cairo — SCAF’s declarations granting itself sweeping legislative and constitutional powers have been met with outrage. Political and legal drama in Egypt has escalated in the past week as the military dealt a number of blows to the democratic process in the form of court decisions and constitutional amendments. The latest […]
Chelsea and Ivory Coast idol Didier Drogba Wednesday sealed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the biggest recruit so far to China’s ambitious Super League. The announcement ends months of speculation about the move, in which the striker will become China’s best paid player with weekly pay of 200,000 pounds ($314,000), according to reports, […]
Researchers have started to unveil the genetic heritage of Ethiopian populations, who are among the most diverse in the world, and lie at the gateway from Africa. They found that the genomes of some Ethiopian populations bear striking similarities to those of populations in Israel and Syria, a potential genetic legacy of the Queen of […]
By Abokoe Sibanda The United States has been accused of blocking a UN report which examines claims that Rwanda is fuelling a violent rebellion in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. (See ‘Is the U.S. blocking a controversial U.N. report to shield Rwanda?’ by Colum Lynch.) According to the leaked report, rebel soldiers told […]