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."
By Aviva Patz Most of us would recognize classic depression, with its heavy veil of sadness and hopelessness. But what if you just started getting stomachaches or were suddenly very snappy? Could you be depressed without knowing it? “Depression doesn’t always look like debilitating sadness,” says Richard Kravitz, MD, MSPH, a professor of internal medicine […]
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor The University of Edinburgh has found that height is linked to the risk of death from dementia. Short men are more likely to die from dementia than taller men, scientists have found, in the first ever study to link height with mental decline in old age. Researchers at the University […]
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor Scientists at Lancaster and Ulster universities have discovered that two common diabetes drugs reverse the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Drugs used to tackle Type 2 diabetes may also reverse Alzheimer’s disease and restore memories, a new study suggests. Liraglutide and lixisenatide work by increasing insulin production, reducing the amount […]
By Kwabena Opong The constant unfolding of events in Ghana makes it difficult to place them in any order of priority. The people’s action in Burkina Faso to take back their country comes at a time when in Ghana 12 labor unions have embarked on a strike action to demand accountability from government about their […]
Reiterating his great concern for the current crisis in Burkina Faso and its impact on national and regional stability, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the joint United Nations and African diplomatic mission sent to the conflict-ridden country last week has returned to the capital city of Ouagadougou to continue its engagements with all parties, with the […]
Dangote Cement has applied for a licence to build a 75 megawatt coal-fired plant in Tanzania that would power a $500 million cement factory now under construction, Tanzania’s energy watchdog said. Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading cement producer plans to roll out plants across Africa to reach an annual capacity of 62 million tonnes by 2017, up […]
By Michelle Arrouas “Press line 2,” Malick El Hadji, known as Malick Tall, says to his co-anchor Abdou Diaw. It’s Tuesday evening close to midnight, and WPAT-AM’s “African Global News,” the weekly broadcast of global news from Senegal plus local news from Harlem’s Little Senegal, is on the air. Callers are debating how West African […]
by Sarah Jane Tribble Holly Dawson believes her job is a calling. She is one of about 2 million home care workers in the country. The jobs come with long hours and low pay. Each workday, Dawson drives through the Cleveland suburbs to help people take their medicines, bathe and do the dishes. She also […]
Nearly 75 percent of Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll believe medics returning to the United States after treating people with Ebola should be quarantined, and 80 percent believe the healthcare workers’ movements should be controlled. The findings show broad support for the type of controversial new screening rules announced by the governors of New […]
By Philip Ross West Africa needs more than 5,000 additional health care workers if the Ebola outbreak is to be controlled, the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, said Tuesday. Officials said they were concerned that fear of the virus could keep health workers in Africa away from the countries most affected by […]