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."
Refugees from all across the world – including Africans hoping for a respite from their many problems – have been pouring into Germany. But Germany does not always live up to Michael Williams, a 29-year-old from Nigeria, lives with 20 other African refugees in a hostel in Bornheim, western Germany. His room, which normally would […]
By Fred Muvunyi (AFP, Reuters) Burkina Faso’s interim government announced on October , that General Gilbert Diendere and his accomplices are to face military justice after their short-lived coup. The leader of Burkina Faso’s brief coup was in police custody on Oct 1 after handing himself in. Meanwhile the authorities have ramped up a probe […]
Holding a high office is akin to holding an egg: it could easily break if care is not taken to hold if firmly. Especially in this day of political polarization and detection is facilitated by technology, office holders live daily under scrutiny from political opponents and the media among others, with the help of technology. […]
By Emeka Aginam A Nigerian, Ogbonnaya Bassey has won the young innovators competition in the ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators competition sponsored by Intel. The Young Innovators Competition is an integral part of ITU Telecom World events and seeks gifted young entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprises, in response to a series of […]
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of South Africa to march against corruption. There is growing frustration over the government’s involvement in graft scandals and stubborn inequality in society at large. Organizers hope the marches will evolve into a broad civic movement campaigning against corruption in the government and public services. DW has […]
This report names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes. By accepting these customers, banks are assisting those who are using state assets to enrich themselves or brutalise their own people. This corruption denies the world’s poorest people the chance to lift themselves out of poverty and leaves them dependent […]
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspected financier of the extremist sect, Boko Haram, the army said Tuesday. Mohammed Maina, who sells and supplies stimulants used by the insurgents, was arrested in Bama, Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, the army said. “The suspect a native of Ngurosoye came from Shuari village in Bama […]
by Désiré Nimubona More than 130 people have been killed in Burundi since April. BUJUMBURA, 5 octobre 2015 (IRIN) – It’s not unusual to find dead bodies in Bujumbura these days. We discover them on the streets, in drainage channels, bushes and rivers. The UN has registered 134 killings since April, when President Pierre Nkurunziza […]
By Nana Kwasi, MeridianFM, Tema The remains of a giant sea creature with a warty body and tentacle-like arms have been washed up on a remote beach in Ghana. It was found on the shoreline of the Titanic beach at Tema Community 3, close to Sakumono. Scientists have yet to identify the strange prehistoric-like “mutant”, […]
Tension is mounting between the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and its partner in the United States (US), the Presbyterian Church United States of America (PCUSA), as a result of the legalisation of homosexuality in the US. The PCG has written to withdraw the resident pastor of New York-based Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, a major branch […]