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."
Durban — Substitute Youssef El Arabi spared Morocco blushes with a late equalizer but it was still a night of triumph for minnows Cape Verde at the African Nations Cup in Durban on Wednesday. The Spain-based striker grabbed a 78th minute goal to end the chances of a huge upset, one that would have ranked […]
South Africa’s Siyabonga Sangweni celebrates the host team’s first goal – scored against Angola – at the Africa Cup of Nations finals. South Africa’s comprehensive 2-0 victory over Angola in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group A clash on Saturday saw the country breath a collective sigh of relief. Obviously the result was crucial […]
Nairobi — The recent execution in Somalia of a soldier convicted of rape and the detention of a journalist investigating sexual assault have given the traditionally taboo issue of gender-based violence an usual degree of prominence. Even the president has weighed in. Speaking from Washington, DC, where he met with US President Barack Obama on […]
By Mohammed S. Shehu Western interventionist policies in Africa, culture of impunity by African leaders and unviable structures created by colonial powers were the factors responsible for the inability of many African countries to properly tackle challenges of nation building, Director of the Africa Research and Development Agency Dr Sule Bello said in Abuja yesterday. […]
Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma has congratulated South African-born Hollywood star, Charlize Theron, for scooping the WEF Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum, an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, academic and other leaders of society, is currently meeting in Davos, Switzerland. […]
The United Nations General Assembly today established a working group that will focus on the design of a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to promote global prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection. The 30-member working group, which will consist of countries from all regions, will prepare a report containing a […]
Africa is already the world’s second fastest growing economy after expanding 5% a year in the past two years, well above the global average, and Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) is on track to grow by 5.3% this year. This was reported during a televised debate with the presidents of African powerhouses South Africa and […]
By Paul Myers Nelspruit — Five things we learned from day five at the Africa Cup of Nations. If your forwards can’t score get your backs to do their work. South Africa dominated Angola for the first 30 minutes but, despite all the possession, the attackers squandered several chances exhibiting a Fernando Torres-like incompetence in […]
By Eleanor Whitehead The International Finance Corporation is set to launch its first naira-denominated bond. The International Finance Corporation will issue a five-year naira-denominated bond aimed to deepen Nigeria’s non-sovereign debt market. The private sector arm of the World Bank winds up investor meetings in Abuja and Lagos today, and will auction the paper “imminently”, […]
The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) says despite significant and encouraging declines in open defecation since 1990, 1.1 billion people (15 per cent of the world’s population) still practice it. The majority of people practicing open defecation estimated at 949 million live in rural areas, according to a […]