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."
Authorities of the National Oil Company of Liberia or NOCAL say all activities surrounding exploration since the pronouncement of oil discovery here in February this year by the African Petroleum have been halted, pending a full reformation process as requested by Liberians and the 53rd Liberian Legislature. Speaking recently at NOCAL headquarters on Randall Street […]
Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian government has dispatched an investigative team to probe the latest deadly tribal fighting in South Ethiopia near the border with Kenya. Eighteen people were killed and scores injured after the Borana and Garri communities engaged in days of armed fighting around Ethiopia’s Moyale town last week. The clashes have also […]
London — South Africa’s rowing team of Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and James Thompson secured the country’s third gold medal of the London Olympic Games, finishing first in the men’s lightweight four final on Thursday afternoon. The South Africans started conservatively, going through the 500 meters mark in third place, and dropped back […]
The overwhelming approval of a Provisional Constitution for Somalia by the representative body convened for that purpose – a key step toward ending the Horn of Africa country’s long transition to stable governance – was hailed today by United Nations officials. “The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption,” a spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at […]
The son of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, Sekou Nkrumah has discounted claims that late President John Mills was a great leader. Dr. Sekou Nkrumah who once headed the National Youth Authority rather described him as a good man. Speaking on Joy FM’s news analysis programme, Newsfile, Saturday, he said, “we have heard remarks […]
Ghana’s late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, was on Friday, August 10 buried with full military honors at a location near the Osu Castle called the Geese Park after some 90 minutes of burial service held at the Independence Square in Accra. The first to lay the wreath on behalf of the government and […]
United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday began a 10-day trip to Africa, with stops in Senegal, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi and South Africa, where she is expected to meet visit to the continent’s elder statesman, 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. During her visit, Clinton would meet with leaders of those countries, […]
From the Daily Marverick The latest African Economic Outlook paints a promising picture for the continent, but crucially, it also warns that the scourge of youth unemployment will impact severely on the capacity of African states. The latest African Economic Outlook (AEO) has been released, and it’s optimistic. A joint project of the African […]
Talk of a ‘new type of partnership’ was overblown, but Beijing pledged $20 bn. and took first steps toward improving corporate and environmental regulations. With a crucial leadership handover at the end of the year and growing domestic economic concerns, Beijing hosted the Fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on 19-20 July with the usual […]
Chad le Clos shocked Michael Phelps to take the gold in the men’s 200m butterfly, but there was disappointment for South African athletes elsewhere. Chad le Clos bagged South Africa’s second gold of the 2012 Olympics with an absolutely incredible swim in the men’s 200m butterfly on Tuesday. Le Clos had the odds stacked against […]