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."
Tough economic conditions are fuelling demands for change but authoritarian leaders are thwarting the popular vote This year’s combination of the international commodity price crash and the Chinese economic slowdown, alongside a bumper political season with 16 elections in just twelve months, is proving harrowing for Africa’s democracy activists. Although opposition parties have made breakthroughs […]
A Nigerian judge has criticised a lawyer facing criminal charges after he turned up to court in Lagos with a defence team of more than 90 people. Justice Aishat Opesanwo described the approach as tantamount to “harassment and intimidation”, a statement by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says. Prominent lawyer Rickey Tarfa is charged with the obstruction […]
By Shamil Shams The Kenyan government has announced the closure of two refugee camps, including one of the world’s biggest, due to a lack of security and financial challenges. Rights groups have condemned the closure plan. Kenyan authorities said Friday the camps were having an adverse affect on the country’s economy. The African nation’s officials […]
New York, May 3, 2016 – Nigerian authorities should drop all criminal charges against journalist Jacob Onjewu Dickson and release him without delay, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Dickson has been held in pre-trial detention onincitement charges since Friday. Police invited Dickson, a reporter for the news website Authentic News Daily, to the […]
May 2, 2016 (GIN) – The highly touted Paris Climate talks last year were supposed to produce an agreement among the world’s nations to “keep the oil in the soil” and reduce global greenhouse emissions, thus avoiding the threat of dangerous climate change. Scientists warn that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the threshold […]
May 2, 2016 (GIN) – Those ringing words– ‘Deal Me In!” – that thrilled fans of presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in the U.S. could be sending a similar message of hope and change to voters here in Ghana. Although Africa has done better promoting women to the presidency, few Ghanaians were expecting to see the […]
May 2, 2016 (GIN) – Journalism must take a lead in countering hate-speech and propaganda. That’s the message of the Ethical Journalism Network, a press freedom watchdog on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day. Adopted in 1993 by the UN General Assembly on the recommendation of UNESCO at their general conference, Press Freedom Day […]
May 2, 2016 (GIN) – A poorly-constructed Nairobi building collapsed to the ground after days of heavy rain, taking 21 lives with 135 others rescued from the rubble. About 69 residents are still unaccounted for in the April 29 disaster. City officials now say the building had no occupancy permit although a neighbor, Jacob Kiruma, […]
This year marks a turning point for Zimbabwe’s economy and its people. The country is on the brink of finalising an historic deal which will end a decade and half of sanctions and unlock substantial new funds for economic growth and development. At the heart of this are the negotiations between the Zimbabwe government and […]
By Robert Kibet The Kenyan authorities have promised dire punishment for all those responsible for the collapse of a six-storey apartment building in Nairobi’s low-income Huruma suburb on Friday, in which at least 22 people died and scores are still missing. The draconian response is familiar to Kenyans, but it doesn’t seem to put an […]